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English noun: telescope | |||
| 1. | telescope (artifact) a magnifier of images of distant objects | ||
| Synonyms | scope | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | magnifier | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | astronomical telescope, collimator, equatorial, solar telescope, transit instrument | ||
| Part holonym | aperture, finder, optical prism, prism, view finder, viewfinder | ||
English verb: telescope | |||
| 1. | telescope (contact) crush together or collapse | ||
| Samples | In the accident, the cars telescoped. My hiking sticks telescope and can be put into the backpack. | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | crush, mash, squash, squeeze, squelch | ||
| 2. | telescope (change) make smaller or shorter | ||
| Samples | The novel was telescoped into a short play. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | concentrate, condense, digest | ||
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