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TELEX

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A character printer connected to a telegraph that operates like a typewriter

Synonyms:

teleprinter; teletype machine; teletypewriter; telex; telex machine

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("telex" is a kind of...):

character-at-a-time printer; character printer; serial printer (a printer that prints a single character at a time)

Derivation:

telex (communicate by telex)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Communicate by telex

Example:

We telexed the information to our sister company

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "telex" is one way to...):

telecommunicate (communicate over long distances, as via the telephone or e-mail)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody something
Somebody ----s something to somebody

Sentence examples:

They telex them the information

They telex the information to them

Derivation:

telex (a character printer connected to a telegraph that operates like a typewriter)

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