telegraphing
present participle oftelegraph
telegraph
verb[T]
uk/ˈtel.ɪ.ɡrɑːf/us/ˈtel.ə.ɡræf/telegraphverb[T](SEND BY TELEGRAPH)
tosendamessageto someone using thetelegraphsystem:
ThestorywasimmediatelytelegraphedtoNew York.
Hemanagedto telegraph the men'swives, whoarrivedtofindtheirhusbandsnearlydead.
- OnestorysaysMrs. Faulkner telegraphed Lincoln and hepromptlyoverruledtheorder.
- U. S. Senators Charles Culberson and Joseph Weldon Bailey telegraphedSecretaryof War William Howard Taft adayafter the shootings.
- The first telegraphedmessagesweretransmittedin 1916 through anundergroundcopperwire.
Communications - general words
- anti-satellite
- app
- autodial
- autodialler
- buzzer
- cable
- caller ID
- cybernetics
- dead zone
- fibre optics
- noise
- non-computer
- non-network
- optical fibre
- patch
- patchsomeonethrough
- pick
- picksomeone/somethingup
- satellite
- signal
telegraphverb[T](SEND MESSAGE)
tocommunicateamessageorimpressionto someone, or make itclearwhat you are going to do, often by the way youact:
Thebankhas been telegraphing themovetoinvestorsformonths.
Theirposesin thepicturestelegraphdignity.
- Withspecialoperationsindangerouscountries, if you telegraph what you're going to do, it mightcausea lot ofdeaths.
- Formonthshe had telegraphed hisinclinationtovetotheplan.
- The museum'spresidenttelegraphed with hisbiketourstheideathat themuseumwas afriendlyas well as aneruditeplace.
- Hiseyesdowncastandtonesullen, he telegraphed in every waypossiblethat he didn'twanttodiscussthedefeat.
Announcing, informing & stating
- acquaintsomeone/yourselfwithsomething
- affirm
- annunciation
- avowedly
- awaken
- awakensomeonetosomething
- break
- break it/the news tosomeoneidiom
- breathe/say a wordidiom
- disseminate
- known
- on the recordidiom
- pass
- proclamation
- putsomethingout ofitsmiseryidiom
- rapporteur
- resensitize
- rollout
- self-anointed
- statement
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telegraphing
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Decisions can be taken in half an hour, by talks across the table, which settle more than weeks oftelegraphingor telephoning.
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We have not accepted the scheme without a considerable amount oftelegraphingof questions about it.
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The expense oftelegraphingfrom the seat of war must be enormous.
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All of us who attempt to serve our constituencies adequately are faced by the most appalling bill for postage andtelegraphing.
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What was wanted then was an immediate decision, not the delay which coding and ciphering andtelegraphingmust inevitably produce.
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They know exactly where the cruisers are, and bytelegraphingto certain centres they are always able to know what they are doing.
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The fish that was frozen could then be distributed cheaply at a flat rate without the expense of the telephoning andtelegraphingthat the fresh fish trade demands.
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In other words, they recognised that they would have to make some concessions, so they decided that they would save themselves some trouble bytelegraphingthe concession in advance.
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A rugby team betraying its line-out plays by using an easily decoded line-out code is "not"telegraphing.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Telegraphingalways refers to a reflexive physical action rather than a protracted or intellectual give-away.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.In prison, she discovers another prisoner who is electricallytelegraphingmessages.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.For example, a boxer rotating his shoulders to throw a hook would betelegraphing.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Telegraphingsignals the intent to the opponent and increases the likelihood the strike will not be effective.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Deception measures were also widely used, with diversionary operations across a broad area, and troop movements timed until the last minute, to avoidtelegraphingthe main points of attack.
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