Meaning

2 senses

  1. (countable, informal, uncountable)Telecommunication or telecommunications.

  2. (informal)A telco (phone company) or telecom company.

More definitions
  • (often plural) systems used in transmitting messages over a distance electronically

Examples

4 sentences

  1. When would you be able to have a telecom?

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  2. The house is thousands of metres away from the street telecoms cabinet.

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  3. If you have an e-mail address from a telecom operator, it's probably because you don't use the competition very often.

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  4. Telecom analysts say faster digital connectivity will allow people who do not have computers to peruse the Internet from their mobile phones.

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Origin

Clipping of telecommunications. Abbreviation of telephone company.

Clipping of telecommunications.

Abbreviation of telephone company.

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Forms

plural: telecoms
Singulartelecom
Pluraltelecoms

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • (often plural) systems used in transmitting messages over a distance electronically:telecommunication

Lessons for this word

1 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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