telegraph
(telɪgrɑːf , -græf )
Word forms: telegraphs , telegraphing , telegraphed
1. uncountable noun [oft the NOUN]
Telegraph is a system of sending messages over long distances, either by means of electricity or by radio signals. Telegraph was used more often before the invention of telephones and computers.
Synonyms: cable, wire [informal], telegram, telex
2. verb [Also V n, V]
In the past, to telegraph someone meant to send them a message by telegraph.
Churchill telegraphed an urgent message to Wavell. [VERB noun + to]
'Please,' he telegraphed, 'just leave it alone.'. [VERB with quote]
He telegraphed to me asking me to do something. [VERB to noun]
3. verb
If someone telegraphs something that they are planning or intending to do, they make it obvious, either deliberately or accidentally, that they are going to do it.
He explicitly telegraphed his voting intentions at the next meeting. [VERB noun]
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Idioms:
the bush telegraph [British, old-fashioned]
the way in which information or news can be passed on from person to person in conversation
No, you didn't tell me, but I heard it on the bush telegraph.
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Collocations:
electric telegraph telegraph cable telegraph line
By 1861 he had set up an elaborate storm warning service, all thanks to the invention of the electric telegraph.
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The exchange sprang into life in the 19th century, as the electric telegraph revolutionised the way information was communicated.
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In 1848, the electric telegraph was invented.
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Goody starts off in familiar territory with the railroad and the electric telegraph, emphasizing how the latter, and electricity in general, were seen at the time as uncanny.
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This single line working was facilitated by the installation of electric telegraph.
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Belief in its existence continued into the 19th century, when it was discussed as a possible midway point for the transatlantic telegraph cable.
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Under his administration, the first telegraph cable reached the island.
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The telegraph cable operated from 1901 to 1959.
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Shortwave radio vastly increased the speed and capacity of transatlantic communications at dramatically reduced cost compared to telegraph cable and long wave radio.
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It served as the insulating material for some of the earliest undersea telegraph cables, including the first transatlantic telegraph cable.
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Shortly after completion of the telegraph line wireless radio began to augment and replace the telegraph lines.
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The telegraph line had been washed away and communication was cut off for a couple of days.
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The telegraph line linked up the northern communities.
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The first factories were opened in the city between 1868 and 1870, along with the first telegraph line.
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The trail allowed shipwreck survivors and rescuers to travel the forest making use of the telegraph line and cabins.
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Translations:
Chinese: 电报
Japanese: 電報
- Last Judgement
- Last Judgment
- Last Judgment
- last known address
- last known location
- lastly
- last-minute
- last minute
- last-minute addition
- last-minute attempt
- last-minute bargain
- last-minute change
- last-minute check
- last-minute deal
- last-minute decision
- last-minute gift
- last-minute negotiation
- last-minute panic
- last-minute preparation
- last-minute replacement
- last-minute reprieve
- last-minute rush
- last-minute shopper
- last-minute shopping
- last-minute ticket