Synonyms for telescope
ˈtɛl əˌskoʊptele·scope

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1. telescope, scopeverb

   a magnifier of images of distant objects

   Synonyms:
   reach, setting, range, cathode-ray oscilloscope, scope, ambit, background, compass, orbit, oscilloscope

2. telescopeverb

   crush together or collapse

   "In the accident, the cars telescoped"; "my hiking sticks telescope and can be put into the backpack"

3. telescopeverb

   make smaller or shorter

   "the novel was telescoped into a short play"

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1. • Condense
   • Crush

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1. telescopenoun

   Synonyms:
   spy-glass

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1. List of paraphrases for "telescope":

   binoculars, telescopes, periscope

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1. The ESA Woerner:

   To test how to use lunar material to build some structures, not only houses, but also for a telescope or whatever, will teach us also how to do it on Mars.

2. Will Rogers:

   The fellow that can only see a week ahead is always the popular fellow, for he is looking with the crowd. But the one that can see years ahead, he has a telescope but he can't make anybody believe that he has it.

3. Marcin Glowacki:

   It's impressive that, with just a single night of observations, South Africa.The astronomers've already found a record-breaking megamaser, it shows just how good Karoo Array Telescope is.

4. Scott Sheppard:

   It is very much like looking for a needle in a haystack as the night sky covers a very large area that can only be searched one telescope pointing at a time.

5. Dr. Seuss:

   I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living, It's a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope. Which is what I do, And that enables you to laugh at life's realities.