Telegraphing

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A communication by telegraph.

    "He was given three days to reconsider himself, and the Head of the establishment, after some telegraphings, said that it was a most unusual step […]"

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of telegraph form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

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cabletelegraphyany process for transmitting arbitrarily long messages over a long distance using a symbolic codecablecablegramday letter

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"He was given three days to reconsider himself, and the Head of the establishment, after some telegraphings, said that it was a most unusual step […]"

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