Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary
tele·gram \\ˈte-lə-ˌgram, Southern also -grəm\\ noun DATE circa 1852
: a telegraphic dispatch
\\-ˌgram\\
transitive verb
(
-grammed ;
-gram·ming)
DATE 1864
: telegraph
telegram
"telegraphic dispatch," 1852, coined by E.P. Smith of Rochester, N.Y., from tele-, as in telegraph + -gram, and introduced in the Albany "Evening Journal" of April 6, 1852. Purists pointed out that this is an erroneous formation, and the correct word would be telegrapheme (which is close to the Mod.Gk. word). "May I suggest to such as are not contented with "Telegraphic Dispatch" the rightly constructed word 'telegrapheme'? I do not want it, but ... I protest against such a barbarism as 'telegram.' " [Richard Shilleto, Cambridge Greek scholar, in the London "Times," Oct. 15, 1857]
Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7
telegramtele·gram /
5teli^rAm /
noun a message sent by
telegraph
and then printed and given to sb
电报(用电信号传递的信息) Oxford Collocations Dictionary for Students of English
Oxford Collocations dictionary for students of Englishtelegram
noun
ADJ. congratulatory
VERB + TELEGRAM send (sb) | get, receive
TELEGRAM + VERB arrive, come
PREP. ~ from, ~ to
Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged
tel·e·gramI. \ˈteləˌgram, -raa(ə)m,
South also -_grəm\
nounEtymology: tel- (I)
+ -gram: a message by telegraph;
especially : one sent at the regular daytime rate
II. verb
(
telegrammed ;
telegrammed ;
telegramming ;
telegrams)
: telegraph
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