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telegram

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UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈtɛligræm/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈtɛlɪˌgræm/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(teli gram′)

Inflections of 'telegram' (v): (⇒ conjugate)
telegrams
v 3rd person singular
telegramming
v pres p
telegrammed
v past
telegrammed
v past p

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
tel•e•gram /ˈtɛlɪˌgræm/USA pronunciation   n. 
  1. Telecommunicationsa message sent by telegraph: [countable]He received a telegram that congratulated him on his one hundredth birthday.[uncountable;
    often: by + ~]
    The message came by telegram.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
tel•e•gram  (teli gram′),USA pronunciation n., v., -grammed, gram•ming. 
n. 
  1. Telecommunicationsa message or communication sent by telegraph; a telegraphic dispatch.

v.t., v.i. 
  1. Telecommunicationsto telegraph.
  • tele-1 + -gram1 1850–55, American.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
telegram /ˈtɛlɪˌɡræm/ n
  1. a communication transmitted by telegraph
    See also Telemessage
'telegram' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

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