Telegram Definition

tĕlĭ-grăm
telegrams
noun
telegrams
A message transmitted by telegraph.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
verb
To telegraph (something) or be telegraphed.
American Heritage

To send a telegram.

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Other Word Forms of Telegram

Noun

Singular:
telegram
Plural:
telegrams

Origin of Telegram

  • tele- +"Ž -gram. "A friend desires us to [...] introduce a new word into the vocabulary. It is telegram, instead of telegraphic dispatch, or telegraphic communication." "” Albany Evening Journal, April 6, 1852.

    From Wiktionary

Telegram Sentence Examples

  • Then he wrote a long telegram upon a cable form.

  • In the course of the speech he also read a telegram from President Steyn, in which the president repudiated all contemplated aggressive action on the part of the Free State as absurd.

  • The telegram stated that the position of matters was grave, and that it was of the utmost importance that the colony should secure the services of someone of proved ability, firmness and energy.

  • Significant of the attitude of Germany - whose " flirtation " with the Transvaal has been noted - was an open telegram sent by the emperor William II.

  • On the 26th of June 1879 Ismail suddenly received from the sultan a curt telegram, addressed to him as ex-khedive of Egypt, informing him that his son Tewfik was appointed his successor.

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Words Starting With

TTETEL

Words Ending With

MAMRAM

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Words Starting With T and Ending With M

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