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telegramming

telegramming is the present participle and gerund of telegram.

telegramming is the present participle and gerund of telegramme.

Meaning of telegram

Verb

telegram (third-person singular simple present telegrams, present participle telegramming, simple past and past participle telegrammed)

  1. (intransitive) To send a telegram.
    • In the brouhaha over the reappointment of Superior Court Judge Sylvia Pressler, we organized massive support - telegramming, telephoning and writing to encourage the State Senate to exercise its advise and consent function responsibly.1984 August 5, “Women Lawyers Unit Describes Its Role”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 24 May 2015
  2. (transitive) To send a telegram to (a person).
    • So when King – who had been in Atlanta for “Bloody Sunday” – telegrammed Parks about returning to Alabama to take part in a third mass march from Selma to Montgomery, her immediate answer was “Why, of course.”2015 March 5, Douglas Brinkley, “Selma’s historic bridge deserves a better name”, in CNN, archived from the original on 26 Apr 2015
  3. (transitive) To send (a message) in a telegram.

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Meaning of telegramme

Verb

telegramme (third-person singular simple present telegrammes, present participle telegramming, simple past and past participle telegrammed)

  1. Dated spelling of telegram.
    • We urge everyone to telegramme their opposition to the arrest of Francisco Antonio Santos and all others detained, demanding their release and citing the imprisonments as a violation of fundamental political and human rights.1974, L.A.W.G. Letter, volumes 2–3, Toronto, Ont.: Latin American Working Group, →ISSN, →OCLC

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Questions about telegramming

What is telegramming the present participle and gerund of?
Telegramming is the present participle and gerund of telegram.

Words near telegramming in the dictionary

  1. telegrammatically
  2. telegramme
  3. telegrammed
  4. telegrammes
  5. telegrammic
  6. telegramming
  7. telegrams
  8. telegraph
  9. telegraph blue
  10. telegraph boy
  11. telegraph boys

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Adapted from Wiktionary: telegramming (page history and authors); telegram (page history and authors); telegramme (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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