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tel·e·graph
(tĕl′ĭ-grăf′)n.
1. A communications system that transmits and receives simple unmodulated electric impulses, especially one in which the transmission and reception stations are directly connected by wires.
2. A message transmitted by telegraph; a telegram.
v. tel·e·graphed, tel·e·graph·ing, tel·e·graphs
v.tr.
1. To transmit (a message) by telegraph.
2. To send or convey a message to (a recipient) by telegraph.
3.
a. To make known (a feeling or an attitude, for example) by nonverbal means: telegraphed her derision with a smirk.
b. To make known (an intended action, for example) in advance or unintentionally: By massing troops on the border, the enemy telegraphed its intended invasion to the target country.
v.intr.
To send or transmit a telegram.
te·leg′ra·pher (tə-lĕg′rə-fər), te·leg′ra·phist (-fĭst) n.
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telegraph
(ˈtɛlɪˌɡræf; -ˌɡrɑːf)n
1. (Telecommunications)
a. a device, system, or process by which information can be transmitted over a distance, esp using radio signals or coded electrical signals sent along a transmission line connected to a transmitting and a receiving instrument
b. (as modifier): telegraph pole.
2. (Telecommunications) a message transmitted by such a device, system, or process; telegram
vb
3. (Telecommunications) to send a telegram to (a person or place); wire
4. (Telecommunications) (tr) to transmit or send by telegraph
5. (Boxing) (tr) boxing informal to prepare to deliver (a punch) so obviously that one's opponent has ample time to avoid it
6. (tr) to give advance notice of (anything), esp unintentionally
7. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) (tr) informal Canadian to cast (votes) illegally by impersonating registered voters
telegraphist, teˈlegrapher n
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tel•e•graph
(ˈtɛl ɪˌgræf, -ˌgrɑf)n.
1. a system or apparatus for transmitting messages or signals to a distant place, esp. between two electric devices connected by a conducting wire or other communications channel.
v.t. 2. to transmit (a message) by telegraph.
3. to send a message to (a person) by telegraph.
4. to divulge unwittingly (one's intention, next offensive move, etc.), as to an opponent or to an audience.
v.i. 5. to send a message by telegraph.
te•leg•ra•pher (təˈlɛg rə fər) ; esp. Brit., te•leg′ra•phist, n.
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tel·e·graph
(tĕl′ĭ-grăf′) A communications system in which a message in the form of electric impulses is sent, either by wire or radio, to a receiving station.
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telegraph
Past participle: telegraphed
Gerund: telegraphing
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| Noun | 1. |  telegraph - apparatus used to communicate at a distance over a wire (usually in Morse code) |
| Verb | 1. | telegraph - send cables, wires, or telegrams telegraphy - communicating at a distance by electric transmission over wire telecommunicate - communicate over long distances, as via the telephone or e-mail |
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telegraph
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Translations
تِلغراف: نِظام إرْسال البَرقِيّاتمِبْرَقَه، جِهاز إرْسال البَرْقِيّاتيُبْرِق، يُرْسِلُ بَرْقِيَّةًيُرْسِلُ بَرْقِيَّةً
telegraftelegrafovat
telegraftelegrafere
távírótávírókészülék
ritsímisenda símskeytisenda um ritsíma
nusiųsti telegrafupranešti telegrafutelegrafastelegrafavimastelegrafija
telegrafēttelegrafēt, sūtīt pa telegrāfutelegrāfs
telgraftelgraf çekmektelgrafla bildirmek
telegraph
[ˈtelɪgrɑːf]A. N (= message) → telegrama m; (= apparatus) → aparato m telegráfico
B. VT, VI → telegrafiar
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telegraph
vt → telegrafisch übermitteln; message also → telegrafieren; person → telegrafieren (+dat); (fig) one’s intentions, plans etc → offenlegen
vi → telegrafieren
telegraph
:telegraph pole
n (Brit) → Telegrafenmast m → or -stange f
telegraph wire
n → Telegrafendraht m → or -leitung f; (under ground) → Telegrafenkabel nt
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telegraph
(ˈteligraːf) noun1. a system of sending messages using either wires and electricity or radio. Send it by telegraph.
2. an instrument for this. Send the message on the telegraph.
verb1. to send by telegraph. He telegraphed the time of his arrival.
2. to inform by telegraph. He telegraphed us to say when he would arrive.
teˈlegrapher (-ˈle-) , teˈlegraphist (-ˈle-) nouns a person who operates a telegraph.
teˈlegraphy (-ˈle-) noun the process, science or skill of sending messages by telegraph.
ˌteleˈgraphic (-ˈgrӕ-) adjectivetelegraph pole
a high, wooden pole which supports telegraph wires.
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