tele

plural teles

1. alternativecountablerareuncountableAlternative spelling of telly (“television, telegraph, telephone, teleport, telecommunication”).

   I saw Dr. Ho on the tele and watched with somewhat of doubt.

   2013 September 10, Robert, “Arthritis pain: ’Pain levels down to half ... and just a feeling of freedom’”, in National Post, Toronto, Ont.: Postmedia Network Canada Corp., →ISSN, →OCLC

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   All three tele skeins are pitching furiously to snag the super Easter Day tele show to be bankrolled by Frigidaire, […]

   1950, Billboard, volume 62, number 9

   They were up late, talking and watching television. Peter will never forget what happened just after they had gone to bed. 'It's like it was yesterday. We'd just been watching tele and went to bed at about 2.30 am. […]

   2019, Helen Thomas, Murder on Easey Street: Melbourne’s Most Notorious Cold Case

   To Leo [Ellis], growing up, the Royal family were ‘like celebrities, when Kate and William got married, watching them on the tele’.

   2023 May 3, Mick Brown, “Has Britain fallen out of love with the monarchy?”, in Chris Evans, editor, The Daily Telegraph, London: Telegraph Media Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 03 May 2023

   The victim playing of these people is beyond pathetic. You’re on the tele luv. You don’t know where you goal is. […] Maybe leave the proper stuff to the fella’s and put a bit of work in to locate the net you’re guardian. Nonsense Football off the tele.

   2024 March 26, Tom Garry, quoting Joey Barton, “‘Horrible’ Joey Barton comments and online abuse of 17-year-old female goalkeeper branded ‘bullying’”, in Chris Evans, editor, The Daily Telegraph, London: Telegraph Media Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 26 Mar 2024

1. uncountableAccording to Jacob L. Moreno, a mutual connection or rapport between people that is not a mere one-way process like empathy or transference.

plural Teles

1. informalA Fender Telecaster electric guitar.

1. informalThe Daily Telegraph, an Australian tabloid newspaper.

   Have a look at Sky News YouTube, Sky News Facebook and Alan Jones Facebook and you can see. The same column that I write for the Tele goes up on my Facebook page.

   2021 November 4, Stephen Gibbs, Charlie Moore, quoting Alan Jones, “Inside the high-stakes meeting where Alan Jones learnt he was no longer wanted by Sky News Australia - and the clues hiding in plain sight that the axe was about to fall”, in Daily Mail, London: DMG Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 01 Jul 2026

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   There was the vehement campaign against Labor in the last federal election. One News Corp insider has told me he expects the Tele lost audience as a result. Many of its readers are traditional Labor voters.

   2014 May 28, Margaret Simons, “Has Sydney's Daily Telegraph lost touch with its readers?”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 28 May 2014

   The Tele’s story spilled on to page 2 and an editorial called it Labor’s “immigration debacle”, again quoting the 21,500 figure. But the News Corp numbers were out by a factor of 10. The Tele had somehow bumped the figure up from 2,158 to 21,581. After being told by Labor the figure was wrong, the Tele amended the online copy and added a note to the end: […]

   2025 January 31, Amanda Meade, “The ‘speedo’ beats the Worm as commercial TV catches federal election fever”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 31 Jan 2025

   Synonyms: Daily Tele