telegram
/ˈtɛləˌɡɹæm/ verb C2- To send a telegram.
- To send a telegram to (a person).
- To send (a message) in a telegram.
He/she/it telegrams · Past telegrammed · Past participle telegrammed · -ing form telegramming
Verb forms
- Base form
- telegram
- He/she/it
- telegrams
- Past
- telegrammed
- Past participle
- telegrammed
- -ing form
- telegramming
An irregular verb: learn its past and past participle by heart.
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“The plot thickens,” he said, as I entered; “I have just had an answer to my American telegram.
There were no papers or memoranda in the murdered man’s pocket, except a single telegram, dated from Cleveland about a month ago, and containing the words, ‘J.
“I have them,” said Lestrade, producing a small white box; “I took them and the purse and the telegram, intending to have them put in a place of safety at the Police Station.
It was at this point that I asked Gregson whether he had enquired in his telegram to Cleveland as to any particular point in Mr.
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