TELEX

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does telex mean? 

• TELEX (noun)
  The noun TELEX has 1 sense:

1. a character printer connected to a telegraph that operates like a typewriter

  Familiarity information: TELEX used as a noun is very rare.

• TELEX (verb)
  The verb TELEX has 1 sense:

1. communicate by telex

  Familiarity information: TELEX used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TELEX (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

teleprinter; teletype machine; teletypewriter; telex; telex machine

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)

• TELEX (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Communicate by telex

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Context example:

We telexed the information to our sister company

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)