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Telegram Moderate

Origin: Greek prefix tele-

Telegram has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

a message transmitted by telegraph

"I received an urgent telegram from my brother warning me that he had been in an accident."

2

A message transmitted by telegraph.

"My grandfather still receives occasional holiday updates via telegram from his old friend in Europe."

Verb
1

To send a telegram.

"He decided to have his mother sent a telegram to announce the good news immediately."

See Also
wire cablese telegramlike cable radiogram savingram pd telegraphic
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
message
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
cable letter telegram night letter
Rhyming Words
ram vram dram cram pram bram tram rram fram aram mram sram gram coram scram sdram rdram avram hiram shram
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