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radiogram

8.3

A message sent by radio to people far away

noun
/ˈreɪdiəˌɡræm/

Archaic

: radiograma

The captain received a radiogram alerting him about the storm at sea.
intercepted a radiogram

Examples

Radiogram, Mr Wye.

Trade Winds (1938)
Radiogram for you.

Trade Winds (1938)
There was another radiogram for you at the last stop.

When Worlds Collide (1951)
A radiogram arrived earlier for me.

Torn Curtain (1966)
They said something about sending you a radiogram.

Torn Curtain (1966)
- A radiogram, sir.

Torn Curtain (1966)
She eagerly opened the radiogram that contained news from her family.
During the conference, the team shared a radiogram sent from their headquarters.

Synonyms

radio dispatch

vsradiogram

4.4

A short message sent by radio to a central office or to the public

is used for radio messages in general not only those sent to a central office

How Urgent

distress signal

Specialized

37 3.1

to telegram

Archaic

1 5.1

radiogram

Archaic

8.3

message

∞ 1.0

note

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

radiogram singular

radiograms plural

Morphology

radiogram = radio (semi-transparent) = radio + gram

The components 'radio' and the suffix '-gram' (meaning a written/recorded message) combine logically, but '-gram' as 'message' is less familiar/productive to many learners.

Etymology

Radiogram joins radio- meaning 'by radio' and -gram meaning 'a written message', like in telegram. So a radiogram is literally a 'message sent by radio', used for wireless news or messages from ships.