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What (who) is Cable - definition
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Cables; Cable (band); Cable types; Cable industry; Cabble; Telegraph cable; Cable (disambiguation)
cable
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n.
wire
1) to lay, string cable
2) a submarine cable; the transatlantic cable
3) an electric, power; telegraph; telephone cable
cablegram
4) to send a cable
5) a cable from; to
II
v.
1) (A) we cabled the message to them; or: we cabled them the message
2) (d; intr., tr.) to cable for (they cabled for immediate delivery)
3) (H) we cabled them to return home immediately
4) (L; may have an object) she cabled (us) that the manuscript had arrived
5) (Q; may have an object) they cabled (us) where to meet
cable
(cables, cabling, cabled)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
A cable is a thick wire, or a group of wires inside a rubber or plastic covering, which is used to carry electricity or electronic signals.
...overhead power cables.
...strings of coloured lights with weatherproof cable.
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2.
A cable is a kind of very strong, thick rope, made of wires twisted together.
...the heavy anchor cable...
Steel cable will be used to replace worn ropes.
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3.
Cable is used to refer to television systems in which the signals are sent along underground wires rather than by radio waves.
They ran commercials on cable systems across the country...
The channel is only available on cable.
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4.
She sent a cable to her mother.
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5.
If a country, a city, or someone's home is cabled, cables and other equipment are put in place so that the people there can receive cable television.
In France, 27 major cities are soon to be cabled...
In the UK, 254,000 homes are cabled.
VERB: usu passive, be V-ed, V-ed
6.
see also cabling
cable
Bulky gold chain.
Check out the cable around his neck.
Check out the cable around his neck.
Examples of use of Cable
1. United Cable Network was formed in 1''8 and owns stakes in 18 regional cable operators.
2. The cable was accidentally severed in December by a cable cutter.
3. Nafta–Moskva may sell shares in Mostelecom, operator of Moscow‘s cable television network, and National Cable Networks, the country‘s second–largest cable television provider, the agency said.
4. The repair work on this cable was carried out by Etisalat‘s specialist cable subsidiary eMarine.
5. Under the proposed rule, no cable company could have more than 30 percent of all U.S. cable subscribers.