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TELEX
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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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