Telescope — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a magnifier of images of distant objects

crush together or collapse

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/tˈɛlᵻskˌoʊp/

🇬🇧British English

/tˈɛlɪskˌəʊp/

🇮🇳Indian English

/tˈɛlɪskˌəʊp/

3 syllables Say it as /tˈɛlᵻskˌoʊp/.

Examples

In the accident, the cars telescoped
my hiking sticks telescope and can be put into the backpack
the novel was telescoped into a short play

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

scope

Parts of Speech

noun	a magnifier of images of distant objects
verb	crush together or collapse “In the accident, the cars telescoped”
verb	make smaller or shorter “the novel was telescoped into a short play”

Word Forms

telescopic

adjective

visible only with a telescope

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Teleskop

eine Lupe für Bilder entfernter Objekte

🇫🇷French

télescope

une loupe d'images d'objets distants

🇪🇸Spanish

telescopio

una lupa de imágenes de objetos distantes

🇮🇹Italian

telescopio

una lente d'ingrandimento di immagini di oggetti distanti

🇳🇱Dutch

telescoop

een vergrootglas voor afbeeldingen van verre objecten

🇵🇹Portuguese

telescópio

uma lupa de imagens de objetos distantes

🇷🇺Russian

телескоп

лупа изображений удаленных предметов

India

🇮🇳Hindi

दूरबीन

दूर की वस्तुओं की छवियों का आवर्धक

🇧🇩Bengali

টেলিস্কোপ

দূরবর্তী বস্তুর ইমেজ একটি ম্যাগনিফায়ার

🇮🇳Tamil

தொலைநோக்கி

தொலைதூரப் பொருட்களின் உருவங்களின் உருப்பெருக்கி

🇮🇳Telugu

టెలిస్కోప్

సుదూర వస్తువుల చిత్రాల మాగ్నిఫైయర్

🇮🇳Marathi

दुर्बिणी

दूरच्या वस्तूंच्या प्रतिमांचे भिंग

🇮🇳Gujarati

ટેલિસ્કોપ

દૂરની વસ્તુઓની છબીઓનું બૃહદદર્શક

🇮🇳Kannada

ದೂರದರ್ಶಕ

ದೂರದ ವಸ್ತುಗಳ ಚಿತ್ರಗಳ ವರ್ಧಕ

🇮🇳Malayalam

ദൂരദർശിനി

ദൂരെയുള്ള വസ്തുക്കളുടെ ചിത്രങ്ങളുടെ മാഗ്നിഫയർ

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਦੂਰਬੀਨ

ਦੂਰ ਦੀਆਂ ਵਸਤੂਆਂ ਦੀਆਂ ਤਸਵੀਰਾਂ ਦਾ ਵੱਡਦਰਸ਼ੀ

🇵🇰Urdu

دوربین

دور کی اشیاء کی تصاویر کا ایک میگنیفائر

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

望远镜

远处物体图像的放大镜

🇯🇵Japanese

望遠鏡

遠くの物体の画像を拡大する拡大鏡

🇰🇷Korean

망원경

멀리 있는 물체의 이미지를 확대하는 도구

🇻🇳Vietnamese

kính thiên văn

kính phóng đại hình ảnh của các vật ở xa

🇹🇭Thai

กล้องโทรทรรศน์

แว่นขยายของภาพของวัตถุที่อยู่ห่างไกล

🇮🇩Indonesian

teleskop

kaca pembesar gambar objek yang jauh

🇵🇭Filipino

teleskopyo

isang magnifier ng mga larawan ng malalayong bagay

🇲🇾Malay

teleskop

pembesar imej objek jauh

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

تلسكوب

مكبر لصور الأشياء البعيدة

🇮🇷Persian

تلسکوپ

ذره بین تصاویر اجسام دور

🇹🇷Turkish

teleskop

uzaktaki nesnelerin görüntülerinin büyüteci

🇮🇱Hebrew

טֵלֶסקוֹפּ

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