Tele- Definition
telə
prefix
Distance; distant.
Telesthesia.
American Heritage
Telegraph; telephone.
Telegram.
American Heritage
Telecast.
Telefantasy.
Wiktionary
Over a distance.
Telephone.
Wiktionary
Telethon.
Wiktionary
affix
At, over, from, or to a distance.
Telegraph.
Webster's New World
Of, in, or by television.
Telecast.
Webster's New World
By telephone, on the telephone, etc.
Telemarketing, telenuisance.
Webster's New World
abbreviation
(UK, slang, rare) Television.
Wiktionary
Other Word Forms of Tele-
Noun
Singular:
tele-
Plural:
telesOrigin of Tele-
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Greek tēle- from tēle far off kwel-2 in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Ancient Greek τῆλε (tÄ“le, “at a distance, far off, far away, far from").
From Wiktionary
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