Plural of telegraph
regular plural
The plural of telegraph is telegraphs.
Forms of telegraph
| Singular | telegraph /ˈtɛl.ɪ.ɡɹɑːf/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | telegraphs |
| Countable | countable |
Telegraphs in a sentence
- In "The Boscombe Valley Mystery," Sherlock Holmes telegraphs Watson: "Have you a couple of days to spare?1957 May, Neil Caplan, “Railways in English Fiction”, in Railway Magazine, page 349
Meaning of telegraph
- noun Synonym of telegraphy, any process for transmitting arbitrarily long messages over a long distance using a symbolic code.
- noun 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.
- noun A visible or audible cue that indicates to an opponent the action that a character is about to take.
Questions about the plural of telegraph
- What is the plural of telegraph?
- The plural of telegraph is telegraphs.
- Is telegraph countable?
- Telegraph is a countable noun.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: telegraph (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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