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Synonyms for telegraphing


Grammar : Verb
Spell : tel-i-graf, -grahf
Phonetic Transcription : ˈtɛl ɪˌgræf, -ˌgrɑf

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Définition of telegraphing

Origin :
  • 1794, "semaphor apparatus" (hence the Telegraph Hill in many cities), literally "that which writes at a distance," from French télégraphe, from télé- "far" (from Greek tele-; see tele-) + -graphe (see -graphy). The signaling device had been invented in France in 1791 by the brothers Chappe, who had called it tachygraphe, literally "that which writes fast," but the better name was suggested to them by French diplomat Comte André-François Miot de Mélito (1762-1841). First applied 1797 to an experimental electric telegraph (designed by Dr. Don Francisco Salva at Barcelona); the practical version was developed 1830s by Samuel Morse.
  • As in predict : verb express an outcome in advance
  • As in broadcast : verb put forth on electronic media
  • As in forecast : verb predict, guess
  • As in foreshadow : verb indicate
  • As in forewarn : verb caution that something may happen
Example sentences :
  • Aw, he was only telegraphing to Gresham an' Jones for some sody water syrups.
  • Extract from : « The Fortune Hunter » by Louis Joseph Vance
  • It really isn't worth while 'phoning or telegraphing either.
  • Extract from : « The Woman-Haters » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • They keep 'phoning and telegraphing and upsetting things generally.
  • Extract from : « The Rise of Roscoe Paine » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • I daresay Smith is telegraphing for definite instructions at this moment.
  • Extract from : « The Island Mystery » by George A. Birmingham
  • What do you think of this scheme of telegraphing without wires?
  • Extract from : « The New Pun Book » by Thomas A. Brown and Thomas Joseph Carey
  • The colonel forbade my telegraphing you lest it might sound like a hint.
  • Extract from : « Marion's Faith. » by Charles King
  • Possibly Mr. Montgomery had done some telegraphing ahead, too.
  • Extract from : « A Little Miss Nobody » by Amy Bell Marlowe
  • I know you have started before this, so there is no use in telegraphing.
  • Extract from : « Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1907 to 1908 » by Lucy Maud Montgomery
  • When he was staying with us he was for ever telegraphing, cabling to America, or decoding messages.
  • Extract from : « The Secret House » by Edgar Wallace
  • And she was telegraphing to me in pity to say was Harold sick—or what.
  • Extract from : « Tonio, Son of the Sierras » by Charles King

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