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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈtɛl.ə.ɡɹæf/ [UK], /ˈtɛl.ɪ.ɡɹæf/ [UK] Audio: En-us-telegraph.ogg Forms: telegraphs [plural]
Rhymes: -æf Etymology: Borrowed from French télégraphe, equivalent to tele- (“far, distant”) + graph (“writing”), suggested as a new name for Claude Chappe's overland semaphore network by André François Miot de Mélito in place of Chappe's original tachygraphe (“tachygraph, fast writer”). Etymology templates: {{bor+|en|fr|télégraphe}} Borrowed from French télégraphe, {{af|en|tele-|graph|t1=far, distant|t2=writing}} tele- (“far, distant”) + graph (“writing”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} telegraph (plural telegraphs)
  1. (uncommon) Synonym of telegraphy, any process for transmitting arbitrarily long messages over a long distance using a symbolic code. Tags: uncommon Categories (topical): Telegraphy Synonyms: telegraphy [synonym, synonym-of], any process for transmitting arbitrarily long messages over a long distance using a symbolic code [synonym, synonym-of]
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  2. (chiefly historical) The electrical device gradually developed in the early 19th century to transmit messages (telegrams) using Morse code; the entire system used to transmit its messages including overhead lines and transoceanic cables. Tags: historical Translations (chiefly historical: electrical device): telegraf [masculine] (Albanian), تِلِغْرَاف (tiliḡrāf) [masculine] (Arabic), بَرْقِيَّة (barqiyya) [feminine] (Arabic), بَرْق (barq) [masculine] (Arabic), հեռագիր (heṙagir) (Armenian), հեռագրություն (heṙagrutʻyun) (Armenian), teleqraf (Azerbaijani), тэлегра́ф (teljehráf) [masculine] (Belarusian), টেলিগ্রাফ (ṭeligraph) (Bengali), телегра́ф (telegráf) [masculine] (Bulgarian), ကြေးနန်း (kre:nan:) (Burmese), telègraf [masculine] (Catalan), 電報 (Chinese Mandarin), 电报 (diànbào) (Chinese Mandarin), 電報機 (Chinese Mandarin), 电报机 (diànbàojī) (Chinese Mandarin), 電信 (Chinese Mandarin), 电信 (diànxìn) (Chinese Mandarin), telegraf [masculine] (Czech), telegraf [common-gender] (Danish), telegraaf [masculine] (Dutch), telegrafo (Esperanto), telegraaf (Estonian), lennätin (Finnish), télégraphe [masculine] (French), ტელეგრაფი (ṭelegrapi) (Georgian), Telegraph [masculine] (German), τηλέγραφος (tilégrafos) [masculine] (Greek), તારયંત્ર (tāryantra) (Gujarati), טֶלֶגְרַפְיָה (telegrafya) [feminine] (Hebrew), टेलीग्राफ़ (ṭelīgrāf) [masculine] (Hindi), दूरलेख (dūrlekh) [masculine] (Hindi), टेलिग्राफ़ (ṭeligrāf) [masculine] (Hindi), távíró (Hungarian), telegrap (Indonesian), telegraf (Indonesian), teileagraf [masculine] (Irish), telegrafo [masculine] (Italian), 電報 (denpō) (alt: でんぽう) (Japanese), 電信 (denshin) (alt: でんしん) (Japanese), соңһгдур (soñğgdur) (Kalmyk), телеграф (telegraf) (Kazakh), ទូរលេខ (tuurĕəʼleek) (Khmer), 전보 (jeonbo) (alt: 電報) (Korean), 전신 (jeonsin) (alt: 電信) (Korean), телеграф (telegraf) (Kyrgyz), ໂທລະເລກ (thō la lēk) (Lao), tēlegraphum [neuter] (Latin), telegrāfs [masculine] (Latvian), telegrafas [masculine] (Lithuanian), телеграф (telegraf) [masculine] (Macedonian), telegraf (Malay), टेलिग्राफ (ṭeligrāph) [masculine] (Marathi), телеграф (telegraf) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), цахилгаан (caxilgaan) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), béésh łichíiʼii bee dahaniʼígíí (Navajo), telegraf (Northern Kurdish), telegraf [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), ټليګراف (ṭelegrāf) [masculine] (Pashto), تلګراف (telegrāf) [masculine] (Pashto), تلگراف (telegrâf) (Persian), telegraf [masculine] (Polish), telégrafo [masculine] (Portuguese), telegraf [neuter] (Romanian), телегра́ф (telegráf) [masculine] (Russian), телѐграф [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), telègraf [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), telegraf [masculine] (Slovak), telegraf [masculine] (Slovene), telégrafo [masculine] (Spanish), telegraf [common-gender] (Swedish), телеграф (telegraf) (Tajik), โทรเลข (too-rá-lêek) (Thai), telgraf (Turkish), telegraf (Turkmen), телегра́ф (telehráf) [masculine] (Ukrainian), ٹیلیگراف (ṭelīgrāf) [masculine] (Urdu), تېلېگراف (tëlëgraf) (Uyghur), telegraf (Uzbek), máy điện báo (Vietnamese), điện báo (alt: 電報) (Vietnamese), gwefrebyr [masculine] (Welsh), pellebyr [masculine] (Welsh), telegraff [masculine] (Welsh), טעלעגראַף (telegraf) [masculine] (Yiddish)
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  3. (video games) A visible or audible cue that indicates to an opponent the action that a character is about to take. Categories (topical): Video games Translations (video games: visible or audible cue): टेलिग्राफ (ṭeligrāph) [masculine] (Marathi)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: heliograph, telegram, teleprinter
Derived forms: bush telegraph, drum telegraph, electric telegraph, electrotelegraph, engine order telegraph, jungle telegraph, magnetic telegraph, marconigraph, moccasin telegraph, mukluk telegraph, needle telegraph, omnigraph, optical telegraph, pantelegraph, phototelegraph, radiotelegraph, random telegraph noise, telegraph blank, telegraph block, telegraph blue, telegraph board, telegraph boy, telegraph cable, telegraph carriage, telegraph clerk, telegraph clock, telegraph coach, telegraph cock, telegraph code, telegraph company, telegraph cucumber, telegraph dial, telegraph editor, telegrapheme, telegrapher, telegraphese, telegraph form, Telegraph Hill, telegraph house, telegraphic, telegraphical, telegraph instrument, telegraphist, telegraph key, telegraph-like, telegraphlike, telegraph line, telegraph message, telegraph office, telegraphone, telegraph operator, telegraphoscope, telegraph plant, telegraph pole, telegraph post, telegraph reel, telegraph register, telegraph service, telegraph signal, telegraph stamp, telegraph station, telegraph wire, telegraphy, teleiconograph, telepost, teletape, telex, telotype, wireless telegraph

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈtɛl.ə.ɡɹæf/ [UK], /ˈtɛl.ɪ.ɡɹæf/ [UK] Audio: En-us-telegraph.ogg Forms: telegraphs [present, singular, third-person], telegraphing [participle, present], telegraphed [participle, past], telegraphed [past]
Rhymes: -æf Etymology: Borrowed from French télégraphe, equivalent to tele- (“far, distant”) + graph (“writing”), suggested as a new name for Claude Chappe's overland semaphore network by André François Miot de Mélito in place of Chappe's original tachygraphe (“tachygraph, fast writer”). Etymology templates: {{bor+|en|fr|télégraphe}} Borrowed from French télégraphe, {{af|en|tele-|graph|t1=far, distant|t2=writing}} tele- (“far, distant”) + graph (“writing”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} telegraph (third-person singular simple present telegraphs, present participle telegraphing, simple past and past participle telegraphed)
  1. To use a telegraph. Translations (to use a telegraph): հեռագրել (heṙagrel) (Armenian), телеграфирам (telegrafiram) (Bulgarian), telegrafiar (Catalan), sähköttää (Finnish), télégraphier (French), dépêcher (French), ტელეგრაფირება (ṭelegrapireba) (Georgian), telegraphieren (German), depeschieren (German), τηλεγραφώ (tilegrafó) (Greek), telegrafować [imperfective] (Polish), zatelegrafować [perfective] (Polish), telegrafar (Portuguese), телеграфировать (telegrafirovatʹ) (Russian), телеграфисати [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), telegrafisati [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), telegrafiar (Spanish), telegrafera (Swedish), טעלעגראַפֿירן (telegrafirn) (Yiddish), דעפּעשירן (depeshirn) (Yiddish)
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  2. (figurative) To clearly communicate to another nonverbally, whether by gesture, a change in attitude, or any other sign, especially unintentionally. Tags: figuratively Translations (to clearly communicate to another nonverbally): viestittää (Finnish)
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Alternative forms

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          "_dis1": "2 97 1",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "ṭelīgrāf",
          "sense": "chiefly historical: electrical device",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "टेलीग्राफ़"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 97 1",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "dūrlekh",
          "sense": "chiefly historical: electrical device",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "दूरलेख"
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          "_dis1": "2 97 1",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "ṭeligrāf",
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          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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        {
          "_dis1": "2 97 1",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "chiefly historical: electrical device",
          "word": "távíró"
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        {
          "_dis1": "2 97 1",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "chiefly historical: electrical device",
          "word": "telegrap"
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        {
          "_dis1": "2 97 1",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "chiefly historical: electrical device",
          "word": "telegraf"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 97 1",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "chiefly historical: electrical device",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "teileagraf"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 97 1",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "chiefly historical: electrical device",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "telegrafo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 97 1",
          "alt": "でんぽう",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "denpō",
          "sense": "chiefly historical: electrical device",
          "word": "電報"
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        {
          "_dis1": "2 97 1",
          "alt": "でんしん",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "denshin",
          "sense": "chiefly historical: electrical device",
          "word": "電信"
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        {
          "_dis1": "2 97 1",
          "code": "xal",
          "lang": "Kalmyk",
          "roman": "soñğgdur",
          "sense": "chiefly historical: electrical device",
          "word": "соңһгдур"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 97 1",
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "telegraf",
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        {
          "_dis1": "2 97 1",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "tuurĕəʼleek",
          "sense": "chiefly historical: electrical device",
          "word": "ទូរលេខ"
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        {
          "_dis1": "2 97 1",
          "alt": "電報",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "jeonbo",
          "sense": "chiefly historical: electrical device",
          "word": "전보"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 97 1",
          "alt": "電信",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "jeonsin",
          "sense": "chiefly historical: electrical device",
          "word": "전신"
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        {
          "_dis1": "2 97 1",
          "code": "kmr",
          "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
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          "word": "telegraf"
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          "_dis1": "2 97 1",
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          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
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          "_dis1": "2 97 1",
          "code": "lo",
          "lang": "Lao",
          "roman": "thō la lēk",
          "sense": "chiefly historical: electrical device",
          "word": "ໂທລະເລກ"
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          "_dis1": "2 97 1",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "chiefly historical: electrical device",
          "tags": [
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          "_dis1": "2 97 1",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "chiefly historical: electrical device",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "telegrāfs"
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          "_dis1": "2 97 1",
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "chiefly historical: electrical device",
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          "_dis1": "2 97 1",
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          "lang": "Macedonian",
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          "_dis1": "2 97 1",
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          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "chiefly historical: electrical device",
          "word": "telegraf"
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        {
          "_dis1": "2 97 1",
          "code": "mr",
          "lang": "Marathi",
          "roman": "ṭeligrāph",
          "sense": "chiefly historical: electrical device",
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            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "टेलिग्राफ"
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          "_dis1": "2 97 1",
          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "telegraf",
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          "_dis1": "2 97 1",
          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "caxilgaan",
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          "_dis1": "2 97 1",
          "code": "nv",
          "lang": "Navajo",
          "sense": "chiefly historical: electrical device",
          "word": "béésh łichíiʼii bee dahaniʼígíí"
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          "_dis1": "2 97 1",
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          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "chiefly historical: electrical device",
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            "masculine"
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          "word": "telegraf"
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          "_dis1": "2 97 1",
          "code": "ps",
          "lang": "Pashto",
          "roman": "ṭelegrāf",
          "sense": "chiefly historical: electrical device",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "ټليګراف"
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        {
          "_dis1": "2 97 1",
          "code": "ps",
          "lang": "Pashto",
          "roman": "telegrāf",
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          "word": "تلګراف"
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        {
          "_dis1": "2 97 1",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "telegrâf",
          "sense": "chiefly historical: electrical device",
          "word": "تلگراف"
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        {
          "_dis1": "2 97 1",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "chiefly historical: electrical device",
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            "masculine"
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          "word": "telegraf"
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        {
          "_dis1": "2 97 1",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "chiefly historical: electrical device",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "telégrafo"
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        {
          "_dis1": "2 97 1",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "chiefly historical: electrical device",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "telegraf"
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        {
          "_dis1": "2 97 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "telegráf",
          "sense": "chiefly historical: electrical device",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "телегра́ф"
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        {
          "_dis1": "2 97 1",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "chiefly historical: electrical device",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "masculine"
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          "word": "телѐграф"
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        {
          "_dis1": "2 97 1",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "chiefly historical: electrical device",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
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          "word": "telègraf"
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        {
          "_dis1": "2 97 1",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "chiefly historical: electrical device",
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            "masculine"
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          "word": "telegraf"
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        {
          "_dis1": "2 97 1",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "chiefly historical: electrical device",
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            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "telegraf"
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        {
          "_dis1": "2 97 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "chiefly historical: electrical device",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "telégrafo"
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        {
          "_dis1": "2 97 1",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "chiefly historical: electrical device",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
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          "word": "telegraf"
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        {
          "_dis1": "2 97 1",
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          "lang": "Tajik",
          "roman": "telegraf",
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          "word": "телеграф"
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        {
          "_dis1": "2 97 1",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "too-rá-lêek",
          "sense": "chiefly historical: electrical device",
          "word": "โทรเลข"
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        {
          "_dis1": "2 97 1",
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          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "chiefly historical: electrical device",
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        {
          "_dis1": "2 97 1",
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          "sense": "chiefly historical: electrical device",
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        {
          "_dis1": "2 97 1",
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          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "telehráf",
          "sense": "chiefly historical: electrical device",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "телегра́ф"
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          "_dis1": "2 97 1",
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          "roman": "ṭelīgrāf",
          "sense": "chiefly historical: electrical device",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ٹیلیگراف"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 97 1",
          "code": "ug",
          "lang": "Uyghur",
          "roman": "tëlëgraf",
          "sense": "chiefly historical: electrical device",
          "word": "تېلېگراف"
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        {
          "_dis1": "2 97 1",
          "code": "uz",
          "lang": "Uzbek",
          "sense": "chiefly historical: electrical device",
          "word": "telegraf"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 97 1",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "chiefly historical: electrical device",
          "word": "máy điện báo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 97 1",
          "alt": "電報",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "chiefly historical: electrical device",
          "word": "điện báo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 97 1",
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "chiefly historical: electrical device",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "gwefrebyr"
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        {
          "_dis1": "2 97 1",
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          "sense": "chiefly historical: electrical device",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "pellebyr"
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        {
          "_dis1": "2 97 1",
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          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "chiefly historical: electrical device",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "telegraff"
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          "_dis1": "2 97 1",
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          "lang": "Yiddish",
          "roman": "telegraf",
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          "tags": [
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          "word": "telegrafar"
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          "sense": "to use a telegraph",
          "word": "телеграфировать"
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          "sense": "to use a telegraph",
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          "sense": "to use a telegraph",
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
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          "text": "Sergey Radchenko, a professor at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies, said China appeared to telegraph “a reproach to the Russians, that they’re not acting like a great power, that they are creating instability.”",
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      "code": "lo",
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      "code": "lv",
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      "code": "lt",
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      "code": "mk",
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      "code": "nv",
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      "word": "béésh łichíiʼii bee dahaniʼígíí"
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      "code": "fa",
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      "code": "ug",
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      "code": "vi",
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          "ref": "2022 September 9, Isobel Koshiw, Shaun Walker, “Russia sends reinforcements to Kharkiv to repel Ukraine counterattack”, in The Guardian:",
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          "ref": "2022 September 15, Anton Troianovski, Keith Bradsher, Austin Ramzy, “Chinese Support for Putin’s War Looks More Shaky After Summit”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:",
          "text": "Sergey Radchenko, a professor at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies, said China appeared to telegraph “a reproach to the Russians, that they’re not acting like a great power, that they are creating instability.”",
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      "word": "telegrafar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "telegrafirovatʹ",
      "sense": "to use a telegraph",
      "word": "телеграфировать"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to use a telegraph",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "телеграфисати"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to use a telegraph",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "telegrafisati"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to use a telegraph",
      "word": "telegrafiar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to use a telegraph",
      "word": "telegrafera"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "telegrafirn",
      "sense": "to use a telegraph",
      "word": "טעלעגראַפֿירן"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "depeshirn",
      "sense": "to use a telegraph",
      "word": "דעפּעשירן"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to clearly communicate to another nonverbally",
      "word": "viestittää"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "André François Miot de Mélito",
    "Claude Chappe",
    "telegraph (disambiguation)"
  ],
  "word": "telegraph"
}

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