Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to telegram
Participle: telegrammed
Gerund: telegramming
Cognates
-
Indicative
Present
| I | telegram |
| you | telegram |
| he;she;it | telegrams |
| we | telegram |
| you | telegram |
| they | telegram |
Perfect
| I | have telegrammed |
| you | have telegrammed |
| he;she;it | has telegrammed |
| we | have telegrammed |
| you | have telegrammed |
| they | have telegrammed |
Past
| I | telegrammed |
| you | telegrammed |
| he;she;it | telegrammed |
| we | telegrammed |
| you | telegrammed |
| they | telegrammed |
Pluperfect
| I | had telegrammed |
| you | had telegrammed |
| he;she;it | had telegrammed |
| we | had telegrammed |
| you | had telegrammed |
| they | had telegrammed |
Future
| I | will telegram |
| you | will telegram |
| he;she;it | will telegram |
| we | will telegram |
| you | will telegram |
| they | will telegram |
Future Perfect
| I | will have telegrammed |
| you | will have telegrammed |
| he;she;it | will have telegrammed |
| we | will have telegrammed |
| you | will have telegrammed |
| they | will have telegrammed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | telegram |
| you | telegram |
| he;she;it | telegram |
| we | telegram |
| you | telegram |
| they | telegram |
Perfect
| I | have telegrammed |
| you | have telegrammed |
| he;she;it | have telegrammed |
| we | have telegrammed |
| you | have telegrammed |
| they | have telegrammed |
Imperfect
| I | telegrammed |
| you | telegrammed |
| he;she;it | telegrammed |
| we | telegrammed |
| you | telegrammed |
| they | telegrammed |
Pluperfect
| I | had telegrammed |
| you | had telegrammed |
| he;she;it | had telegrammed |
| we | had telegrammed |
| you | had telegrammed |
| they | had telegrammed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would telegram |
| you | would telegram |
| he;she;it | would telegram |
| we | would telegram |
| you | would telegram |
| they | would telegram |
Perfect
| I | would have telegrammed |
| you | would have telegrammed |
| he;she;it | would have telegrammed |
| we | would have telegrammed |
| you | would have telegrammed |
| they | would have telegrammed |
Imperative
| you | telegram |
| we | Let's telegram |
| you | telegram |
Verbs conjugated like 'telegram'
abet,
abhor,
abut,
acquit,
admit,
affrap,
allot,
alum,
amel,
amit,
anagram,
anvil,
apparel,
aret,
arret,
assot,
astun,
attrap,
augur,
avel, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'telegram'
telefrag,
telegraph,
telefax,
anagram,
belam,
belead,
beleap,
benegro,
bleam,
celebrate,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From tele- + -gram.
Sample Sentences
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In the brouhaha over the reappointment of Superior Court Judge Sylvia Pressler, we organized massive support - telegramming, telephoning and writing to encourage the State Senate to exercise its advise and consent function responsibly. [1984 August 5, “Women Lawyers Unit Describes Its Role”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 24 May 2015:]
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He was a very posh chap from Oxfordshire, whose dad had been Chancellor and whose mum was obliged to keep telegramming round to find him a job because little Winnie had flunked out of his very expensive school. [2021, Otto English, Fake History, page 23:]
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So when King – who had been in Atlanta for “Bloody Sunday” – telegrammed Parks about returning to Alabama to take part in a third mass march from Selma to Montgomery, her immediate answer was “Why, of course.” [2015 March 5, Douglas Brinkley, “Selma’s historic bridge deserves a better name”, in CNN, archived from the original on 26 Apr 2015:]