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cable
CEFRB2
/ˈkeɪ.bəl/
noun · verb
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In plain English
- 01
noun
A thick wire used to carry electricity or signals.
- 02
verb
To send a message by cable.
Examples
A submarine cable was laid between the two countries.
The boat was tied to the shore by a cable.
At a glance
Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale
- Senses
- 5
- Parts of speech
- 2
- Citations
- 5
- Synonyms
- 5
Deep Dive
noun
Extra meaningsA long object used to make a physical connection.
A strong, large-diameter wire or rope, or something resembling such a rope.
An assembly of two or more cable-laid ropes.
More examples
In contextI tried to watch the movie last night but my cable was out.
“And now the time of tide has come; the ship casts off her cables; and from the deserted wharf the uncheered ship for Tarshish, all careening, glides to sea.
Details of a bottle fight in El Morocco were cabled all over the world.
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Origin
noun
Recorded since c.1205 as Middle English cable, from Old Northern French cable, from Late Latin capulum (“lasso, rope, halter”), from Latin capiō (“to take, seize”). Use of the term "cable" to refer to the USD/GBP exchange rate originated in the mid-19th century, when the exchange rate began to be transmitted across the Atlantic by a submarine communications cable.