Sekirov Dictionary

telegraph

UK /ˈtɛl.ɪ.ɡɹɑːf/US /ˈtɛl.ɪ.ɡɹæf/

noun 3
verb 2
forms 3
phrases 3

noun3

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(historical) The electrical device gradually developed in the early 19th century to transmit messages (telegrams) using Morse code; the entire system used to transmit its messages including overhead lines and transoceanic cables.
- The first message transmitted by telegraph in the United States was WHAT HATH GOD WROUGHT.
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Synonym of telegraphy, any process for transmitting arbitrarily long messages over a long distance using a symbolic code.
- This strict sense of telegraph developed from French usage for Napoleon's overland semaphore network but rather arbitrarily excludes similar Chinese and other signalling networks.
A visible or audible cue that indicates to an opponent the action that a character is about to take.

verb2

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To use a telegraph; to send a message by telegraph.
- Whenever this portent occurs, my steward telegraphs to me, that I, as head of the family, be not unsteeled against the shock of a bereavement […] — 1911
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(figurative) To clearly communicate to another nonverbally (whether by gesture, a change in attitude, or any other sign), and especially unintentionally.
- Her frown telegraphed her displeasure.

forms

telegraphed · telegraphing · telegraphs

Phrases with telegraph

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