to telegraph
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5.8
- verb
- /ˈtɛlɪˌɡræf/
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dar a entender
- She accidentally telegraphed her excitement when she smiled before the surprise was revealed.
- telegraph our intentions
- telegraphed move
- telegraphing a message
It's like I'm, I'm telegraphing some kind of vulnerability.
- It's like I'm, I'm telegraphing some kind of vulnerability.
- And Hillary Clinton has pointed this out that Trump telegraphs everything.
- I don't Telegraph everything I know.
- And so I think fashion and clothing, for example, enables people to identify to others, to Telegraph what's important to them.
- And in an effort to sort of, I don't know, swage my fans on Fox or people who love Trump, I don't want to Telegraph.
- What are the ways that we Telegraph that we are valuing someone more than we should for the stage of attraction we're in?
- But the, the idea that your life is not without, you know, struggling with how to manage certain aspects of life, I think is important to to Telegraph to them.
- I did Telegraph these questions, so I I may have phrased it slightly differently on the spur of the moment here.
- That's one telegraphing sort of what is coming.
- They have these they're they're they're telegraphing their, their their other ideological commitments that are distracting and and not convergent with with the actual truth at hand.
Examples
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- Don't telegraph your moves, man.
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And so I think fashion and clothing, for example, enables people to identify to others, to Telegraph what's important to them.
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Well, I thought it best not to, um... to telegraph my movements.
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I don't Telegraph everything I know.
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You always telegraph your punches.
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And like is the case in so many of these situations, he telegraphed what he was going to do.
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What are the ways that we Telegraph that we are valuing someone more than we should for the stage of attraction we're in?
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I think there are some gestures, some signals, some tactics people can use to telegraph their interest.
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It's like I'm, I'm telegraphing some kind of vulnerability.
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Now your micro-expressions are telegraphing discomfort.
Synonyms
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2.3
Share information, ideas, or feelings with someone
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3.4
Say something so other people understand what you mean
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3.4
To make people understand an idea or feeling without saying it directly
Antonyms
Compounds
- Archaic
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7.7
A small lever device used to send messages as dots and dashes by making and breaking an electric circuit
- Archaic
A line of towers with moving panels that send messages by sight over long distances
- Archaic
A system that sends messages over long distances using towers with moving arms or lights
- Archaic
A line of towers with moving shutters that send messages people can see over long distances
How Clear
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7.4
670
2.1
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5.8
∞
1.6
136
2.0
367
3.5
Surface Forms
Etymology
Telegraph comes from the Greek parts tele- 'far', as in telephone, and -graph 'write', as in autograph. A helpful way to remember the figurative use is to imagine your face or body 'sending' a clear message before you speak, just like a telegraph sends news ahead, so to telegraph something is to show your plans or feelings early without saying them.