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to telegraph

to telegraph

5 6.4
To send a message over long wires using electric signals
  • verb
  • /ˈtɛlɪˌɡræf/
  • Archaic
translation icon : telegrafear
  • The Council's French president at once telegraphed the parties, ordering them to stop fighting and to withdraw their troops from the battle zone within sixty hours.

So at the end of the week and with Austrian support, Max telegraphed Washington requesting an Armistice.

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Examples

Synonyms

to send
vsto telegraph
602 3.2

Show a program to many people on radio or television

is narrower, using electrical signaling lines rather than broadcasting waves
to email
vsto telegraph
  • Texting
229 1.6

To send a message over the internet to someone

uses electrical signalling over long lines rather than internet packet delivery
to transmit
vsto telegraph
169 3.7

To send something from one thing to another, for example a message or disease

is specific to sending by electrical signal over distance rather than broad transfer
to post
vsto telegraph
  • UK
127 1.0

To send a letter or package to someone by mail

does this by electrical signalling over distance rather than postal delivery
to relay
vsto telegraph
102 3.5

To receive and then pass on a message or signal

focuses on the initial sending by electrical signals rather than forwarding received items
to wire
vsto telegraph
  • Archaic
48 7.8

To send a short message by telegram or cable

is the general act of sending messages by electrical signaling
to cable
vsto telegraph
  • Archaic
1 6.1

To send a message by telegraph to a distant place

focuses on sending by electrical signals rather than the line location
to telegram
vsto telegraph
  • Archaic
1 5.1

To send a message by telegraph

is the same sending method using electrical signals over distance
to telecommunicate
vsto telegraph
1 5.6

Use phone, email or video to talk to someone far away

focuses on general electronic communication rather than specific electrical line sending

Compounds

2 7.1

A person who sends and receives long-distance messages along wires

A tall wooden or metal post that holds telephone wires above the ground

telegraph wire
  • Archaic
1 4.8

A wire that carries messages or signals over long distances

telegraph line
  • Archaic
1 4.5

Wires that carry messages or phone calls over long distances

telegraph key
  • Archaic
1 7.7

A small lever device used to send messages as dots and dashes by making and breaking an electric circuit

An informal way people pass news and rumors by talking

9.9

A line of towers with moving panels that send messages by sight over long distances

9.9

An early machine that printed messages on paper tape in the 1800s

8.4

A way news or rumors spread quickly among people

9.9

A system that sends messages over long distances using towers with moving arms or lights

9.9

A tower with moving arms that shows messages to people far away

telegraph form
  • Archaic
8.2

A printed form you use to write a telegram

9.9

A tropical shrub with small leaves that move up and down in sunlight

A tall pole that holds telephone or telegraph wires

A line of towers with moving shutters that send messages people can see over long distances

7.1

Sending messages by radio using dots and dashes called Morse code

How Fast

to text
  • Texting
296 2.6
email
  • Texting
724 1.0
to telegraph
  • Archaic
5 6.4
mail
659 1.0

Surface Forms

telegraph infinitive
telegraphed past participle
telegraphing present participle
telegraphs third person singular

Etymology

Telegraph comes from the Greek parts tele- 'far', as in telephone, and -graph 'write', as in autograph. So to telegraph originally meant 'to write from far', which is why it means to send a message over a long distance.