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telecommunicate

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tel·e·com·mu·ni·cate  (tl-k-myn-kt)
v. tel·e·com·mu·ni·cat·ed, tel·e·com·mu·ni·cat·ing, tel·e·com·mu·ni·cates
v.tr.
To transmit (data, for example) by telecommunication.
v.intr.
To communicate by means of telecommunication: telecommunicating with an overseas firm.

tele·com·muni·cator n.
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Verb1.telecommunicate - communicate over long distances, as via the telephone or e-mail
communicate, intercommunicate - transmit thoughts or feelings; "He communicated his anxieties to the psychiatrist"
phone, telephone, call up, call, ring - get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone; "I tried to call you all night"; "Take two aspirin and call me in the morning"
telex - communicate by telex; "We telexed the information to our sister company"
cable, telegraph, wire - send cables, wires, or telegrams
facsimile, fax, telefax - send something via a facsimile machine; "Can you fax me the report right away?"
e-mail, email, netmail - communicate electronically on the computer; "she e-mailed me the good news"
call - send a message or attempt to reach someone by radio, phone, etc.; make a signal to in order to transmit a message; "Hawaii is calling!"; "A transmitter in Samoa was heard calling"


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As a fledging lawyer in the late 80s, the only means available to me to telecommunicate with other attorneys was through a volunteer-operated relay system where I would use my TTY to call someone who would assist in my call by voicing my typewritten message to the telephone user and vice versa.
The word grotesque comes from the Italian grotta, a cave, a place where the fantastic and bizarre might occur; this is an exact description of the internal landscape of a TV-cave, where two hermits telecommunicate.
Wouldn't it be nice to forget about crosswalks and walk lights and handicapped parking and air-quality emissions when one can telecommunicate with one's providers?
 
 
 
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