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Definitions

telegram

[tel-i-gram] / ˈtɛl ɪˌgræm /
NOUN
message sent by coded radio signals
Synonyms
STRONGEST
summons telegraph
STRONG
buzzer cable cablegram call flash radiogram report signal telex wire
WEAK
coded message telegraphic message teletype

Example Sentences

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A telegram from King George VI was read aloud:

From BBC • Jun. 21, 2025

A telegram in the same files shows a doctor from Cornwall, who was treating a 10-year-old child in 1944, pleading with the authorities for the medicine: "No hope without penicillin".

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2025

Those charged included a dentist, a clairvoyant, an amateur pilot and a man running a large QAnon telegram group.

From New York Times • Apr. 29, 2024

After Finnegan’s death, a local newspaper published a telegram from Gen. Douglas MacArthur expressing condolences to Finnegan’s family:

From Seattle Times • Apr. 17, 2024

It came in the form of a personal telegram, a frightening event.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.