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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun telegram has 1 sense

CIDE DICTIONARY

telegramn. [Gr. far + -gram.].
     A message sent by telegraph; a telegraphic dispatch.  [1913 Webster]
    " “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). "  Albany [N. Y.] Evening Journal (April 6, 1852).  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

telegram, n. a message sent by telegraph and then usu. delivered in written form.

Usage
In UK official use since 1981 only for international messages.
Etymology
TELE- + -GRAM, after TELEGRAPH

THESAURUS

telegram

Teletype, advice, cable, cablegram, communication, communique, day letter, dispatch, embassy, express, fast telegram, flash, letter, message, night letter, pneumatogram, radio, radiogram, release, send a wire, sign off, sign on, telegraph, telex, wire, word

ROGET THESAURUS

telegram

News

N news, information, piece of news, budget of news, budget of information, intelligence, tidings, word, advice, aviso, message, dispatch, despatch, telegram, cable, marconigram, wire, communication, errand, embassy, report, rumor, hearsay, on dit, flying rumor, news stirring, cry, buzz, bruit, fame, talk, oui dire, scandal, eavesdropping, town tattle, table talk, tittle tattle, canard, topic of the day, idea afloat, bulletin, fresh news, stirring news, glad tidings, flash, news just in, on-the-spot coverage, live coverage, old story, old news, stale news, stale story, chestnut, narrator, newsmonger, scandalmonger, talebearer, telltale, gossip, tattler, journalism, media, news media, the press, the information industry, newspaper, magazine, tract, journal, gazette, publication, radio, television, ticker (electronic information transmission), United Press International, UPI, Associated Press, AP, The Dow Jones News Service, DJ, The New York Times News Service, NYT, Reuters, TASS, The Nikkei, newscaster, newsman, newswoman, reporter, journalist, correspondent, foreign correspondent, special correspondent, war correspondent, news team, news department, anchorman, anchorwoman, sportscaster, weatherman, press secretary, public relations department, public relations man, many-tongued, rumored, publicly rumored, currently rumored, currently reported, rife, current, floating, afloat, going about, in circulation, in every one's mouth, all over the town, in progress, live, on the spot, in person, as the story goes, as the story runs, as they say, it is said, by telegraph, by wireless, airy tongues that syllable men's names, what's up?, what's the latest?, what's new?, what's the latest poop?.

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