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telegraph

[tel-i-graf, -grahf] / ˈtɛl ɪˌgræf, -ˌgrɑf /
NOUN
telegram
Synonyms
STRONGEST
summons
STRONG
buzzer cable cablegram call flash radiogram report signal telex wire
WEAK
coded message telegraphic message teletype
NOUN
wire
Synonyms
STRONGEST
cable coil line strand thread
STRONG
message telegram
VERB
broadcast
Synonyms
STRONGEST
air announce beam circulate communicate relay send televise transmit
STRONG
cable colorcast radio radiograph show simulcast telecast telephone
WEAK
be on the air get out go on the air go on the airwaves put on the air
Antonyms
STRONGEST
be quiet bottle up conceal hide keep receive suppress withhold
WEAK
keep quiet secret
VERB
forecast
Synonyms
STRONGEST
anticipate augur calculate conclude determine estimate foresee foretell gauge portend
STRONG
adumbrate conjecture demonstrate divine figure gather infer plan predetermine presage prognosticate prophesy reason surmise
WEAK
call the turn dope out figure out in the cards see it coming soothsay
Antonyms
STRONGEST
begin doubt start
STRONG
misunderstand
VERB
foreshadow
Synonyms
STRONGEST
augur foretell imply portend predict prefigure presage
STRONG
adumbrate betoken bode forebode hint omen promise prophesy shadow signal suggest
WEAK
be in the wind
VERB
forewarn
Synonyms
STRONGEST
admonish apprise dissuade tip off
STRONG
advise alarm alert flag portend tip
WEAK
forbode give fair warning give the high sign premonish pull one's coat put a bug in one's ear put on guard put one wise wave a red flag
VERB
predict
Synonyms
STRONGEST
anticipate call conclude crystal-ball envision forecast foresee think
STRONG
adumbrate augur conjecture croak figure forebode foretell gather guess infer judge omen portend presage presume prognosticate prophesy read suppose surmise vaticinate
WEAK
be afraid call it crystal-ball divine figure out forespeak have a hunch hazard a guess make book psych out see coming see handwriting on wall size up soothsay
Antonyms
STRONGEST
ignore
STRONG
calculate disbelieve measure misunderstand

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Patla compared the situation to communication before the telegraph, when handwritten letters crossed oceans by ship and replies took weeks or months to return.

From Science Daily • Dec. 30, 2025

I had tried to telegraph to the group that coming back was not a given, and I think the fact that a long time that elapsed also made that clear.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 2, 2025

The famed Pony Express, which rushed the news of Abraham Lincoln’s election to California in November 1860, went out of business less than a year later, after the telegraph made coast-to-coast communications infinitely faster.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 20, 2025

And the Victorians also struggled with the effect of space weather in 1859 when a huge solar eruption caused a geomagnetic storm that interfered with railway signalling and telegraph lines.

From BBC • Nov. 11, 2025

In the age of the telegraph, news of his words moved swiftly back to South Africa, enraging its white inhabitants.

From "Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science" by Marc Aronson

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