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telescope

4 definitions • 2 examples
1
a cylinder-shaped device for making objects that are far away look closer and larger, using a combination of lenses, or lenses and curved mirrors
2
to make or become shorter by reducing the length of the parts:

Examples:

We had to telescope five visits into two days.
3
a cylindrical device that you look through to make objects that are far away look nearer and bigger
4
to shorten something:

Examples:

Redford telescoped decades of history into a two-hour TV show.

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