tele

or tel·ly

[tel-ee]

noun British Informal.

television.

Origin of tele

by shortening

tele.

television.

tele-

a combining form meaning “distant,” especially “transmission over a distance,” used in the formation of compound words: telegraph.

Also tel-, telo-.

Origin of tele-

combining form representing Greek têle far, akin to télos end (see tele-²)

tele-

a combining form meaning “end,” “complete,” used in the formation of compound words: telestich.

Also tel-, teleo-, telo-.

Origin of tele-

combining form representing Greek télos end, and téleios perfected; akin to teleîn to fulfill

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Examples from the Web for tele

Historical Examples of tele

I thought perhaps you'd send her a tele—, you know what I mean, and perhaps she could come for us that way.
Two Little Waifs
Mrs. Molesworth
At another place it was named Tangaloa tele, for a similar reason.
Samoa, A Hundred Years Ago And Long Before
George Turner

British Dictionary definitions for tele

tele-

before a vowel tel-

combining form

at or over a distance; distanttelescope; telegony; telekinesis; telemeter

televisiontelecast

by means of or via telephone or television

Word Origin for tele-

from Greek tele far

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Word Origin and History for tele

tele-

word-forming element meaning "far, far off," from Greek tele-, combining form of tele "far off, afar, at or to a distance," related to teleos (genitive telos) "end, goal, result, consummation, perfection," literally "completion of a cycle," from PIE *kwel-es- (cf. Sanskrit caramah "the last," Breton pell "far off," Welsh pellaf "uttermost"), from root *kwel- (see cycle (n.)).

tele in Medicine

tele-

pref.

Distance; distant:teletherapy.

tele in Science

tele-

A prefix that means at a distance, as in telemetry.