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Definition of telegraph noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

telegraph

noun
 
/ˈtelɪɡrɑːf/
 
/ˈtelɪɡræf/
[uncountable]
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  1. a method of sending messages over long distances, using wires that carry electrical signals
    • telegraph wires
    Topics Phones, email and the internetc1
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryTelegraph is used before these nouns:
    • wire
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    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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