to telegraph
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6.4
- verb
- /ˈtɛlɪˌɡræf/
- Archaic
- 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.
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Watch on YouTubeSo at the end of the week and with Austrian support, Max telegraphed Washington requesting an Armistice.
- So at the end of the week and with Austrian support, Max telegraphed Washington requesting an Armistice.
- But they they telegraphed cyber truck.
Examples
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I'll telegraph to my colleague in the Bank of El Paso that you're going to arrive.
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I would like to telegraph Chicago.
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And we must telegraph ahead to clear the points.
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Yeah, but my mother will telegraph me enough to get home on.
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- Don't you think we ought to telegraph her?
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We'll telegraph to have them met at Telle Bridge.
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And as soon as I can, I'll telegraph that you're walking in.
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I'll telegraph him you're on board.
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I've already telegraphed my father.
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The manager decided to telegraph the meeting details to the team in a timely manner.
Synonyms
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3.7
To send something from one thing to another, for example a message or disease
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1.6
To send a message over the internet to someone
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To receive and then pass on a message or signal
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To send a short message by telegram or cable
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3.2
Show a program to many people on radio or television
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1.0
To send a letter or package to someone by mail
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To send a message by telegraph to a distant place
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To send a message by telegraph
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Use phone, email or video to talk to someone far away
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
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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
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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.