telegraph
verb/ˈtelɪɡrɑːf/
/ˈtelɪɡræf/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they telegraph | /ˈtelɪɡrɑːf/ /ˈtelɪɡræf/ |
| he / she / it telegraphs | /ˈtelɪɡrɑːfs/ /ˈtelɪɡræfs/ |
| past simple telegraphed | /ˈtelɪɡrɑːft/ /ˈtelɪɡræft/ |
| past participle telegraphed | /ˈtelɪɡrɑːft/ /ˈtelɪɡræft/ |
| -ing form telegraphing | /ˈtelɪɡrɑːfɪŋ/ /ˈtelɪɡræfɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive, transitive] telegraph (something) to send a message by telegraphTopics Phones, email and the internetc1
- [transitive] telegraph something to make it clear to people what you are going to do, often without intending to
- A tiny movement of her arm had telegraphed her intention to hit out.
Word Originearly 18th cent.: from French télégraphe, from télé- ‘at a distance’ + -graphe (from French, based on Greek graphos ‘written, writing’).
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