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Language: Modern Latin
Origin: Greek, from tele 'far off'

tele-

 prefix
     
tele-
1 at or over a long distance:
a telescope (=for seeing a long way)
telecommunications (=communicating with people a long way away)
teleshopping (=using a computer in your home to order goods)
2 for television or broadcast on television:
a teleplay
3 using a telephone
telesales (=selling products to people by telephone)
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