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to telex

to telex

1 8.9
To send a typed message using a machine over long distance lines
  • verb
  • /ˈtɛlɛks/
  • Archaic
translation icon : telexear
  • I want you to telex Richmond right away and most urgently for the file on the Gemini Killer.

Examples

  • He laughs, says we can all telex.

    Fiction book (1998)

  • We telexed Washington-still waiting.

    Escape from New York (1981)

  • Moments earlier, the invitations had been telexed by the Vatican to all of the concerned foreign ministries.

    Fiction book (1991)

  • In October and November 1985, the bankers' steering committee insistently telexed Peru to request a meeting "as soon as possible" to discuss the debt.

    Academic text (1994)

  • I need you to telex the latest updates to the main office now.

  • The ambassador will telex the government's response to the media.

  • We should telex our findings to the committee as soon as possible.

Synonyms

to telegraph
vsto telex
  • Archaic
5 6.4

To send a message over long wires using electric signals

uses a switched text network instead of cable electrical signalling
to telegram
vsto telex
  • Archaic
1 5.1

To send a message by telegraph

uses a switched machine system rather than telegraph transmission
to telefax
vsto telex
  • Archaic
1 7.7

To send a document or picture by a fax machine

sends text messages over a switched network rather than document images
to teletype
vsto telex
  • Archaic
9.5

To send a typed message that is printed far away

uses a switched network system rather than general typing machines

Compounds

telex machine
  • Archaic
1 9.6

A machine like a typewriter that sends typed messages over wires

How Fast

to message
  • Texting
26 2.3
to telex
  • Archaic
1 8.9
to telegram
  • Archaic
1 5.1
to mail
247 1.0

Surface Forms

telex infinitive
telexed past
telexed past participle
telexing present participle
telexes third person singular

Etymology

Telex as a verb comes from the same idea and means to send a message by a telex machine, in other words to 'send by a distant typewriter'. That's why to telex something is to send a written message over the telex network.