Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to telegraph
Participle: telegraphed
Gerund: telegraphing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | telegraph |
| you | telegraph |
| he;she;it | telegraphs |
| we | telegraph |
| you | telegraph |
| they | telegraph |
Perfect
| I | have telegraphed |
| you | have telegraphed |
| he;she;it | has telegraphed |
| we | have telegraphed |
| you | have telegraphed |
| they | have telegraphed |
Past
| I | telegraphed |
| you | telegraphed |
| he;she;it | telegraphed |
| we | telegraphed |
| you | telegraphed |
| they | telegraphed |
Pluperfect
| I | had telegraphed |
| you | had telegraphed |
| he;she;it | had telegraphed |
| we | had telegraphed |
| you | had telegraphed |
| they | had telegraphed |
Future
| I | will telegraph |
| you | will telegraph |
| he;she;it | will telegraph |
| we | will telegraph |
| you | will telegraph |
| they | will telegraph |
Future Perfect
| I | will have telegraphed |
| you | will have telegraphed |
| he;she;it | will have telegraphed |
| we | will have telegraphed |
| you | will have telegraphed |
| they | will have telegraphed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | telegraph |
| you | telegraph |
| he;she;it | telegraph |
| we | telegraph |
| you | telegraph |
| they | telegraph |
Perfect
| I | have telegraphed |
| you | have telegraphed |
| he;she;it | have telegraphed |
| we | have telegraphed |
| you | have telegraphed |
| they | have telegraphed |
Imperfect
| I | telegraphed |
| you | telegraphed |
| he;she;it | telegraphed |
| we | telegraphed |
| you | telegraphed |
| they | telegraphed |
Pluperfect
| I | had telegraphed |
| you | had telegraphed |
| he;she;it | had telegraphed |
| we | had telegraphed |
| you | had telegraphed |
| they | had telegraphed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would telegraph |
| you | would telegraph |
| he;she;it | would telegraph |
| we | would telegraph |
| you | would telegraph |
| they | would telegraph |
Perfect
| I | would have telegraphed |
| you | would have telegraphed |
| he;she;it | would have telegraphed |
| we | would have telegraphed |
| you | would have telegraphed |
| they | would have telegraphed |
Imperative
| you | telegraph |
| we | Let's telegraph |
| you | telegraph |
Verbs conjugated like 'telegraph'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'telegraph'
telegram,
epigraph,
heliograph,
holograph,
jellygraph,
polygraph,
stenograph,
stereograph,
telefrag,
telepath,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- informal: send a message or funds by telecommunications
- cable, wire
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1794, "semaphor apparatus" (hence the Telegraph Hill in many cities), lit. "that which writes at a distance," from Fr. télégraphe, from télé- "far" (from Gk. tele-) + -graphe. The signaling device had been invented in France in 1791 by the brothers Chappe, who had called it tachygraphe, lit. "that which writes fast," but the better name was suggested to them by Fr. 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. The verb is attested from 1805; fig. meaning "to signal one's intentions" is first attested 1925, originally in boxing.
2. Borrowed from French télégraphe, equivalent to tele- (“far, distant”) + -graph (“writing”), suggested as a new name for Claude Chappe's overland semaphore network by André François Miot de Mélito in place of Chappe's original tachygraphe (“tachygraph, fast writer”).
Sample Sentences
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[...] afternoon, that is to say, on Saturday, the twenty-second of January, an American pilot-boat came alongside, and soon afterwards the Britannia steam-packet, from Liverpool, eighteen days out, was telegraphed at Boston.
(American Notes for General Circulation)