Meaning of TELEGRAM
| Pronunciation: | | 'telu`gram
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| | Definition: | | [n] a message transmitted by telegraph |
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| | Synonyms: | | wire |
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| | See Also: | | cable, cablegram, letter telegram, message, night letter, overseas telegram | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Tel"e*gram\, n. [Gr. ? far + -gram.]
A message sent by telegraph; a telegraphic dispatch.
Note: ``A friend desires us to give notice that he will ask
leave, at some convenient time, to introduce a new word
into the vocabulary. It is telegram, instead of
telegraphic dispatch, or telegraphic communication.''
--Albany [N. Y.] Evening Journal (April 6, 1852).
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| | Definition: | | Dreaming that you receive a telegram, foretells of bad news, deceit, and unpleasantness.
Dreaming that you send a telegram means bitter separation or estrangement from a person nearby. |
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