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Recorded since c.1205, from Old Northern French, from Medieval Latin capulum (“‘lasso, rope, halter’”), from Latin capere (“‘to take, seize’”)
Pronunciation
Noun
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Singular cable |
Plural cables |
cable (plural cables)
- A strong, large-diameter wire or rope, or something resembling such a rope.
- An assembly of two or more cable-laid ropes
- An assembly of two or more wires, used for electrical power or data circuits; one or more and/or the whole may be insulated.
- (nautical) A heavy rope or chain of at least 10 inches thick, as used to moor or anchor a ship
- (communications) A system for receiving television or Internet service over coaxial or fibreoptic cables
- I tried to watch the movie last night but my cable was out.
- Short for cable television, broadcast over the above network, not by antenna
- A telegram, notably when send by (submarine) telegraph cable
- (nautical) A unit of length
- (finance) The currency pair Great British Pounds against United States Dollars
Synonyms
- wire rope
- cord
- (telegram) cablegram
- (nautical unit) cable length
Antonyms
- (nautical rope) hawser (thinner)
Derived terms
- cablecar
- cablegram
- cable-laid
- cable television
- cableway
- chain-cable
Related terms
- cablet
Verb
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Infinitive to cable |
Third person singular cables |
Simple past cabled |
Past participle cabled |
Present participle cabling |
to cable (third-person singular simple present cables, present participle cabling, simple past and past participle cabled)
- (transitive) To provide with cable(s)
- (transitive) To fasten (as if) with cable(s)
- (transitive) To wrap wires to form a cable
- (transitive) To send a telegram by cable
- (intransitive) To communicate by cable
Translations
provide with cable(s)
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Spanish
Noun
cable m. (plural cables)
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Singular cable m. |
Plural cables m. |
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