TELEGRAM

telegram, wire

(noun) a message transmitted by telegraph

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

telegram (plural telegrams)

A message transmitted by telegraph.

Synonyms

• wire, cable

Verb

telegram (third-person singular simple present telegrams, present participle telegramming, simple past and past participle telegrammed)

(intransitive) To send a telegram.

(transitive) To send a telegram to (a person).

(transitive) To send (a message) in a telegram.

Anagrams

• Great Elm

Source: Wiktionary


Tel"e*gram, n. Etym: [Gr. -gram.]

Definition: A message sent by telegraph; a telegraphic dispatch.

Note: "A friend desires us to give notice that he will ask leave, at some convenient time, to introduce a new word into the vocabulary. It is telegram, instead of telegraphic dispatch, or telegraphic communication." Albany [N. Y.] Evening Journal (April 6, 1852).

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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