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TELEGRAM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A message transmitted by telegraph
Synonyms:
telegram; wire
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("telegram" is a kind of...):
message (a communication (usually brief) that is written or spoken or signaled)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "telegram"):
cable; cablegram; overseas telegram (a telegram sent abroad)
letter telegram (a cheaper form of telegram that is sent abroad for delivery the next day)
night letter (a cheaper form of telegram sent for delivery the next day)
Context examples:
The telegram still remains the only solid thing with which we have to deal, and we must not permit our attention to wander away from it.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
He had arranged before leaving London that his agent should send him every day a telegram saying if the ship had been reported.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
Here, lemme pay half of that telegram.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
Von Bork pushed over a telegram.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
He turned to his desk and scribbled off several telegrams, which were handed over to the page-boy.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Bangs came twice a day, Hannah sat up at night, Meg kept a telegram in her desk all ready to send off at any minute, and Jo never stirred from Beth's side.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
Upon the second day of his absence I received a telegram from the major, imploring me to come at once.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
An open telegram lay upon the table.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
A whole week of waiting. Daily telegrams to Godalming, but only the same story: "Not yet reported."
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
The body of the telegram was devoted to hypothetical topics in order to show him the freedom of range that was to be his.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
