telegram
noun /ˈtelɪɡræm/
/ˈtelɪɡræm/
- a message sent by telegraph and then printed and given to somebodyOxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
- congratulatory
- send (somebody)
- deliver
- get
- …
- arrive
- come
- telegram from
- telegram to
Word Originmid 19th cent.: from tele- ‘at a distance’ + -gram (see gram), on the pattern of telegraph.