telescope
🇺🇸
/ˈtelɪskəʊp/
🇬🇧
/ˈtelɪskəʊp/
noun
R
A tool that makes faraway things look bigger and closer.
We used a telescope to see the moon clearly.
verb
R
To become shorter or make something shorter by sliding parts together.
The metal rod can telescope to fit in a small bag.
R
To make something happen in less time.
They had to telescope three days of work into one.
translation
A tool that makes faraway things look bigger and closer.
To become shorter or make something shorter by sliding parts together.; To make something happen in less time.
Word Forms
3rd Present
telescopes
Past
telescoped
Perfect
telescoped
Progressive
telescoping
Plural
telescopes