tele-(word root) distantExamples of words with the root tele-: telegraph, telecommunicationsAbused, Confused, & Misused Words by Mary Embree Copyright © 2007, 2013 by Mary Embreetele- or tel-pref.1. Distance; distant: telesthesia.2. a. Telegraph: telegram.b. Telephone: telemarketing.c. Television: telecast.[Greek t?le-, from t?le, far off; see kwel- in Indo-European roots.]American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.tele- or before a vowel tel-combining form1. at or over a distance; distant: telescope; telegony; telekinesis; telemeter. 2. (Broadcasting) television: telecast. 3. (Telecommunications) by means of or via telephone or television[from Greek tele far]Collins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014tele-1 , 1. a combining form meaning ?reaching over a distance,? ?carried out between two remote points,? ?performed or operating through electronic transmissions?: telegraph; telekinesis; teletypewriter. 2. a combining form representing television: telegenic; telethon. Also, esp. before a vowel, tel-. [comb. form representing Greek têle far, akin to télos end (see teleo-)] tele-2 , var. of teleo- before a vowel: teleost. Random House Kernerman Webster’s College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.tele- A prefix that means “at a distance,” as in telemetry.The American Heritage® Student Science Dictionary, Second Edition. Copyright © 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.