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tele

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
ˈtɛli

Definitions

  1. Alternative spelling of telly (“television, telegraph, telephone, teleport, telecommunication”).
  2. According to Jacob L. Moreno, a mutual connection or rapport between people that is not a mere one-way process like empathy or transference.
  3. A Fender Telecaster electric guitar.

Equivalents

FrançaisTélé
Portuguêstele
Italianotele
4 more languages
Bosanskitele
Hrvatskitele
Kurdîtele
Српскиtele

Examples

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

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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