Synonyms for telegraph
ˈtɛl ɪˌgræf, -ˌgrɑftele·graph

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1. telegraph, telegraphyverb

   apparatus used to communicate at a distance over a wire (usually in Morse code)

   Synonyms:
   telegraphy

2. cable, telegraph, wireverb

   send cables, wires, or telegrams

   Synonyms:
   cable, wire, electrify

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1. • Telecommunicate
   • Telegraphy

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. telegraphnoun

   Synonyms:
   semaphore

2. telegraphverb

   Synonyms:
   convey by telegraph, announce by telegraph

3. telegraphverb

   Synonyms:
   WIRE, convey by electric telegraph, report by telegram

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1. List of paraphrases for "telegraph":

   telegraphic, telegram, telegraphy, telegraphs, wire

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1. Arthur C. Clarke, First on the Moon, 1970:

   A hundred years ago, the electric telegraph made possible - indeed, inevitable - the United States of America. The communications satellite will make equally inevitable a United Nations of Earth; let us hope that the transition period will not be equally bloody.

2. Bruce Springsteen:

   ( We) didnt want to telegraph to the viewer what youre supposed to feel.

3. Albert Einstein, when asked to describe radio:

   You see, wire telegraph is a kind of a very, very long cat. You pull his tail in New York and his head is meowing in Los Angeles. Do you understand this? And radio operates exactly the same way: you send signals here, they receive them there. The only difference is that there is no cat.

4. Jake Sullivan:

   We have communicated to the Russian government that what happens to Mr. Navalny in their custody is their responsibility and they will be held accountable by the international community, in terms of the specific measures that we would take, we are looking at a variety of different costs that we would impose and I'm not going to telegraph that publicly at this point.

5. Boris Johnson:

   One column a week was absorbing enough money to pay for what, five reporters ? the constant history of the Telegraph over the last 15 years has been cuts to editorial because the owners are insistent the company had to hit the profit target, And yet you've also got him sitting in the middle of your budget, this line item of £ 275,000 per year for one column a week.