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Webster 1913 Edition
Telegram
Tel′e-gram
,Noun.
[Gr. [GREEK] far +
-gram
.] A message sent by telegraph; a telegraphic dispatch.
☞ “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).
Definition 2024
telegram
telegram
English
Alternative forms
- telegramme (rare)
Noun
telegram (plural telegrams)
- A message transmitted by telegraph.
- 1915, George A. Birmingham, “chapter I”, in Gossamer (Project Gutenberg; EBook #24394), London: Methuen & Co., published 8 January 2013 (Project Gutenberg version), OCLC 558189256:
- There is an hour or two, after the passengers have embarked, which is disquieting and fussy. […] Passengers wander restlessly about or hurry, with futile energy, from place to place. Pushing men hustle each other at the windows of the purser's office, under pretence of expecting letters or despatching telegrams.
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Synonyms
Translations
message sent by telegraph
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Verb
telegram (third-person singular simple present telegrams, present participle telegramming, simple past and past participle telegrammed)
- To send a telegram.
Translations
telegraph — see telegraph
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /teːləˈɡrɑm/
Noun
telegram n (plural telegrammen, diminutive telegrammetje n)
Polish
Pronunciation
Noun
telegram m inan
Declension
declension of telegram
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /têleɡram/
- Hyphenation: te‧le‧gram
Noun
tȅlegram m (Cyrillic spelling те̏леграм)
Declension
Declension of telegram
Swedish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
telegram n
Declension
| Inflection of telegram | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | telegram | telegrammet | telegram | telegrammen |
| Genitive | telegrams | telegrammets | telegrams | telegrammens |
Related terms
- lyxtelegram
- telegramblankett