telegram

«telegram» in Mova's school dictionary: a short written message sent by wire or radio, once paid… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (telegrams)

meaning for a pupil

A telegram is a short written message sent by wire or radio, once paid for by the word. tree →

sense in the lessons

a message that brings news, often bad news, in old stories

examples

• The postman brought a telegram. tree →
• The telegram said Grandad was ill. tree →
• In the old film a telegram arrived with bad news. tree →

note

nothing for maths

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «telegram» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.