"telegraph" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈtɛl.ə.ɡɹæf/ [UK], /ˈtɛl.ɪ.ɡɹæf/ [UK] Audio: En-us-telegraph.ogg [US] Forms: telegraphs [plural]
Rhymes: -æf Etymology: 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}} French télégraphe, {{prefix|en|tele|graph|t1=far, distant|t2=writing}} tele- (“far, distant”) + graph (“writing”), {{m|fr|tachygraphe||tachygraph, fast writer}} tachygraphe (“tachygraph, fast writer”) 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]
    Sense id: en-telegraph-en-noun-YcwfGY-0 Disambiguation of Telegraphy: 63 28 2 1 7 Categories (other): English terms prefixed with tele- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with tele-: 14 28 23 10 24
  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 (heṙagrutʿyun) (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), 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)
    Sense id: en-telegraph-en-noun-ajnpEuGL Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms prefixed with tele- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 47 17 2 22 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 11 54 16 5 13 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with tele-: 14 28 23 10 24 Disambiguation of 'chiefly historical: electrical device': 2 97 1
  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
    Sense id: en-telegraph-en-noun-Rhr4an0k Categories (other): English terms prefixed with tele- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with tele-: 14 28 23 10 24 Topics: video-games
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

IPA: /ˈtɛl.ə.ɡɹæf/ [UK], /ˈtɛl.ɪ.ɡɹæf/ [UK] Audio: En-us-telegraph.ogg [US] Forms: telegraphs [present, singular, third-person], telegraphing [participle, present], telegraphed [participle, past], telegraphed [past]
Rhymes: -æf Etymology: 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}} French télégraphe, {{prefix|en|tele|graph|t1=far, distant|t2=writing}} tele- (“far, distant”) + graph (“writing”), {{m|fr|tachygraphe||tachygraph, fast writer}} tachygraphe (“tachygraph, fast writer”) 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), טעלעגראַפֿירן (telegrafirn) (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-telegraph-en-verb-L2BlcL-P Categories (other): English terms prefixed with tele- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with tele-: 14 28 23 10 24 Disambiguation of 'to use a telegraph': 99 1
  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)
    Sense id: en-telegraph-en-verb-pxFjL8CO Categories (other): English terms prefixed with tele- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with tele-: 14 28 23 10 24 Disambiguation of 'to clearly communicate to another nonverbally': 1 99

Inflected forms

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          "_dis1": "2 97 1",
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        {
          "_dis1": "2 97 1",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "heṙagir",
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          "word": "հեռագիր"
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        {
          "_dis1": "2 97 1",
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        {
          "_dis1": "2 97 1",
          "code": "az",
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          "word": "teleqraf"
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        {
          "_dis1": "2 97 1",
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          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "teljehráf",
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          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "тэлегра́ф"
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        {
          "_dis1": "2 97 1",
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          "lang": "Bengali",
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          "word": "টেলিগ্রাফ"
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        {
          "_dis1": "2 97 1",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
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          "_dis1": "2 97 1",
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          "word": "ကြေးနန်း"
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        {
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          "lang": "Catalan",
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          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "telègraf"
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        {
          "_dis1": "2 97 1",
          "code": "cmn",
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          "word": "電報"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 97 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "diànbào",
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          "word": "电报"
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        {
          "_dis1": "2 97 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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          "word": "電報機"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 97 1",
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "diànbàojī",
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        {
          "_dis1": "2 97 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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          "word": "電信"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 97 1",
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        {
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          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "_dis1": "2 97 1",
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          "lang": "Estonian",
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          "word": "telegraaf"
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        {
          "_dis1": "2 97 1",
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          "lang": "French",
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          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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        {
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          "word": "ტელეგრაფი"
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        {
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "chiefly historical: electrical device",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 97 1",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
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          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "2 97 1",
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          "roman": "tāryantra",
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          "word": "તારયંત્ર"
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        {
          "_dis1": "2 97 1",
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          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 97 1",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "ṭelīgrāf",
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          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "टेलीग्राफ़"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 97 1",
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          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "dūrlekh",
          "sense": "chiefly historical: electrical device",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "2 97 1",
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          "lang": "Hindi",
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          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
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        },
        {
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        {
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        {
          "_dis1": "2 97 1",
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          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
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        {
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            "masculine"
          ],
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          "word": "電報"
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        {
          "_dis1": "2 97 1",
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          "word": "電信"
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          "word": "соңһгдур"
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        {
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          "word": "전신"
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          "_dis1": "2 97 1",
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          "word": "ໂທລະເລກ"
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            "masculine"
          ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "2 97 1",
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          "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",
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            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "telegraf"
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          "_dis1": "2 97 1",
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          "roman": "ṭelegrāf",
          "sense": "chiefly historical: electrical device",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ټليګراف"
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        {
          "_dis1": "2 97 1",
          "code": "ps",
          "lang": "Pashto",
          "roman": "telegrāf",
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          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "تلګراف"
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        {
          "_dis1": "2 97 1",
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          "lang": "Persian",
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          "word": "تلگراف"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 97 1",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
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            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "telegraf"
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        {
          "_dis1": "2 97 1",
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          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "telégrafo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 97 1",
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          "lang": "Romanian",
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            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "telegraf"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 97 1",
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          "lang": "Russian",
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          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "телегра́ф"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 97 1",
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          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "chiefly historical: electrical device",
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            "masculine"
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          "word": "телѐграф"
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        {
          "_dis1": "2 97 1",
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          "sense": "chiefly historical: electrical device",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "telègraf"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 97 1",
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          "sense": "chiefly historical: electrical device",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "telegraf"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 97 1",
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          "sense": "chiefly historical: electrical device",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "telegraf"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 97 1",
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          "sense": "chiefly historical: electrical device",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "telégrafo"
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          "_dis1": "2 97 1",
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          "sense": "chiefly historical: electrical device",
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            "common-gender"
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          "word": "telegraf"
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        {
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          "lang": "Thai",
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          "sense": "chiefly historical: electrical device",
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        {
          "_dis1": "2 97 1",
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          "sense": "chiefly historical: electrical device",
          "word": "telgraf"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 97 1",
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        {
          "_dis1": "2 97 1",
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          "tags": [
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          "word": "телегра́ф"
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          "roman": "ṭelīgrāf",
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          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "2 97 1",
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          "lang": "Uyghur",
          "roman": "tëlëgraf",
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          "word": "تېلېگراف"
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          "sense": "chiefly historical: electrical device",
          "word": "telegraf"
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        {
          "_dis1": "2 97 1",
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          "sense": "chiefly historical: electrical device",
          "word": "máy điện báo"
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        {
          "_dis1": "2 97 1",
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      "sense": "chiefly historical: electrical device",
      "word": "ကြေးနန်း"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "chiefly historical: electrical device",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "telègraf"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "chiefly historical: electrical device",
      "word": "電報"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "diànbào",
      "sense": "chiefly historical: electrical device",
      "word": "电报"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "chiefly historical: electrical device",
      "word": "電報機"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "diànbàojī",
      "sense": "chiefly historical: electrical device",
      "word": "电报机"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "chiefly historical: electrical device",
      "word": "電信"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "diànxìn",
      "sense": "chiefly historical: electrical device",
      "word": "电信"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "chiefly historical: electrical device",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "telegraf"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "chiefly historical: electrical device",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "telegraf"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "chiefly historical: electrical device",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "telegraaf"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "chiefly historical: electrical device",
      "word": "telegrafo"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "chiefly historical: electrical device",
      "word": "telegraaf"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "chiefly historical: electrical device",
      "word": "lennätin"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "chiefly historical: electrical device",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "télégraphe"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "ṭelegrapi",
      "sense": "chiefly historical: electrical device",
      "word": "ტელეგრაფი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "chiefly historical: electrical device",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Telegraph"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "tilégrafos",
      "sense": "chiefly historical: electrical device",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "τηλέγραφος"
    },
    {
      "code": "gu",
      "lang": "Gujarati",
      "roman": "tāryantra",
      "sense": "chiefly historical: electrical device",
      "word": "તારયંત્ર"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "telegrafya",
      "sense": "chiefly historical: electrical device",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "טֶלֶגְרַפְיָה"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "ṭelīgrāf",
      "sense": "chiefly historical: electrical device",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "टेलीग्राफ़"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "dūrlekh",
      "sense": "chiefly historical: electrical device",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "दूरलेख"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "ṭeligrāf",
      "sense": "chiefly historical: electrical device",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "टेलिग्राफ़"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "chiefly historical: electrical device",
      "word": "távíró"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "chiefly historical: electrical device",
      "word": "telegrap"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "chiefly historical: electrical device",
      "word": "telegraf"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "chiefly historical: electrical device",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "teileagraf"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "chiefly historical: electrical device",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "telegrafo"
    },
    {
      "alt": "でんぽう",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "denpō",
      "sense": "chiefly historical: electrical device",
      "word": "電報"
    },
    {
      "alt": "でんしん",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "denshin",
      "sense": "chiefly historical: electrical device",
      "word": "電信"
    },
    {
      "code": "xal",
      "lang": "Kalmyk",
      "roman": "soñğgdur",
      "sense": "chiefly historical: electrical device",
      "word": "соңһгдур"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "telegraf",
      "sense": "chiefly historical: electrical device",
      "word": "телеграф"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "tuurĕəʼleek",
      "sense": "chiefly historical: electrical device",
      "word": "ទូរលេខ"
    },
    {
      "alt": "電報",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "jeonbo",
      "sense": "chiefly historical: electrical device",
      "word": "전보"
    },
    {
      "alt": "電信",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "jeonsin",
      "sense": "chiefly historical: electrical device",
      "word": "전신"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "chiefly historical: electrical device",
      "word": "telegraf"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "telegraf",
      "sense": "chiefly historical: electrical device",
      "word": "телеграф"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "thō la lēk",
      "sense": "chiefly historical: electrical device",
      "word": "ໂທລະເລກ"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "chiefly historical: electrical device",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "tēlegraphum"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "chiefly historical: electrical device",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "telegrāfs"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "chiefly historical: electrical device",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "telegrafas"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "telegraf",
      "sense": "chiefly historical: electrical device",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "телеграф"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "chiefly historical: electrical device",
      "word": "telegraf"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "telegraf",
      "sense": "chiefly historical: electrical device",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "телеграф"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "caxilgaan",
      "sense": "chiefly historical: electrical device",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "цахилгаан"
    },
    {
      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "chiefly historical: electrical device",
      "word": "béésh łichíiʼii bee dahaniʼígíí"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "chiefly historical: electrical device",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "telegraf"
    },
    {
      "code": "ps",
      "lang": "Pashto",
      "roman": "ṭelegrāf",
      "sense": "chiefly historical: electrical device",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ټليګراف"
    },
    {
      "code": "ps",
      "lang": "Pashto",
      "roman": "telegrāf",
      "sense": "chiefly historical: electrical device",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "تلګراف"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "telegrâf",
      "sense": "chiefly historical: electrical device",
      "word": "تلگراف"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "chiefly historical: electrical device",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "telegraf"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "chiefly historical: electrical device",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "telégrafo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "chiefly historical: electrical device",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "telegraf"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "telegráf",
      "sense": "chiefly historical: electrical device",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "телегра́ф"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "chiefly historical: electrical device",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "телѐграф"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "chiefly historical: electrical device",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "telègraf"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "chiefly historical: electrical device",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "telegraf"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "chiefly historical: electrical device",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "telegraf"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "chiefly historical: electrical device",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "telégrafo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "chiefly historical: electrical device",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
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      "word": "telegraf"
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      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "telegraf",
      "sense": "chiefly historical: electrical device",
      "word": "телеграф"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "too-rá-lêek",
      "sense": "chiefly historical: electrical device",
      "word": "โทรเลข"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "chiefly historical: electrical device",
      "word": "telgraf"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "chiefly historical: electrical device",
      "word": "telegraf"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "telehráf",
      "sense": "chiefly historical: electrical device",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "телегра́ф"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "ṭelīgrāf",
      "sense": "chiefly historical: electrical device",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ٹیلیگراف"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "tëlëgraf",
      "sense": "chiefly historical: electrical device",
      "word": "تېلېگراف"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "chiefly historical: electrical device",
      "word": "telegraf"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "chiefly historical: electrical device",
      "word": "máy điện báo"
    },
    {
      "alt": "電報",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "chiefly historical: electrical device",
      "word": "điện báo"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "chiefly historical: electrical device",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gwefrebyr"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "chiefly historical: electrical device",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pellebyr"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "chiefly historical: electrical device",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "telegraff"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "telegraf",
      "sense": "chiefly historical: electrical device",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "טעלעגראַף"
    }
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    "André François Miot de Mélito",
    "Claude Chappe",
    "telegraph",
    "telegraph (disambiguation)"
  ],
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}

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          "ref": "2022 September 9, Isobel Koshiw, Shaun Walker, “Russia sends reinforcements to Kharkiv to repel Ukraine counterattack”, in The Guardian",
          "text": "For weeks, Ukrainian officials had telegraphed plans for a planned counterattack in the southern Kherson region, but instead the main focus of this week’s counterattack has been Kharkiv in the north-east, taking everyone, including apparently the Russians, by surprise.",
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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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      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "heṙagrel",
      "sense": "to use a telegraph",
      "word": "հեռագրել"
    },
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "telegrafiram",
      "sense": "to use a telegraph",
      "word": "телеграфирам"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to use a telegraph",
      "word": "telegrafiar"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to use a telegraph",
      "word": "sähköttää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to use a telegraph",
      "word": "télégraphier"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to use a telegraph",
      "word": "dépêcher"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "ṭelegrapireba",
      "sense": "to use a telegraph",
      "word": "ტელეგრაფირება"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to use a telegraph",
      "word": "telegraphieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to use a telegraph",
      "word": "depeschieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "tilegrafó",
      "sense": "to use a telegraph",
      "word": "τηλεγραφώ"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to use a telegraph",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
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      "word": "telegrafować"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to use a telegraph",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "zatelegrafować"
    },
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to use a telegraph",
      "word": "telegrafar"
    },
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      "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": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "telegrafirn",
      "sense": "to use a telegraph",
      "word": "טעלעגראַפֿירן"
    },
    {
      "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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