Meanings
nouncablegram (plural cablegrams)
plural cablegrams
- A telegram transmitted via a submarine cable.
A cablegram was received also from Susan Lawrence, chairman of the Labor party.
1929 November 30, “BRITISH LABOR HAILS PALESTINE WORKERS; […]”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 16 Dec 2025
verbcablegram (third-person singular simple present cablegrams, present participle cablegramming, simple past and past participle cablegrammed)
present singular third person cablegrams · participle present cablegramming · participle past cablegrammed · past cablegrammed
- rareTo communicate by cablegram.
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APA
cablegram. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cablegram
MLA
“cablegram.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cablegram. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cablegram,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cablegram.
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