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telegrams

telegrams is the plural of telegram.

telegrams is the third-person singular simple present indicative of telegram.

Meaning of telegram

Noun

telegram (plural telegrams)

  1. A message transmitted by telegraph.
    • There is an hour or two, after the passengers have embarked, which is disquieting and fussy.[…]Passengers wander restlessly about or hurry, with futile energy, from place to place. Pushing men hustle each other at the windows of the purser's office, under pretence of expecting letters or...1915, G[eorge] A. Birmingham [pseudonym; James Owen Hannay], chapter I, in Gossamer, New York, N.Y.: George H. Doran Company, →OCLC
    Synonyms:
    wire, cable, telegrapheme

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Questions about telegrams

What is telegrams the plural of?
Telegrams is the plural of telegram.

Words near telegrams in the dictionary

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

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