Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to telescope
Participle: telescoped
Gerund: telescoping
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | telescope |
| you | telescope |
| he;she;it | telescopes |
| we | telescope |
| you | telescope |
| they | telescope |
Perfect
| I | have telescoped |
| you | have telescoped |
| he;she;it | has telescoped |
| we | have telescoped |
| you | have telescoped |
| they | have telescoped |
Past
| I | telescoped |
| you | telescoped |
| he;she;it | telescoped |
| we | telescoped |
| you | telescoped |
| they | telescoped |
Pluperfect
| I | had telescoped |
| you | had telescoped |
| he;she;it | had telescoped |
| we | had telescoped |
| you | had telescoped |
| they | had telescoped |
Future
| I | will telescope |
| you | will telescope |
| he;she;it | will telescope |
| we | will telescope |
| you | will telescope |
| they | will telescope |
Future Perfect
| I | will have telescoped |
| you | will have telescoped |
| he;she;it | will have telescoped |
| we | will have telescoped |
| you | will have telescoped |
| they | will have telescoped |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | telescope |
| you | telescope |
| he;she;it | telescope |
| we | telescope |
| you | telescope |
| they | telescope |
Perfect
| I | have telescoped |
| you | have telescoped |
| he;she;it | have telescoped |
| we | have telescoped |
| you | have telescoped |
| they | have telescoped |
Imperfect
| I | telescoped |
| you | telescoped |
| he;she;it | telescoped |
| we | telescoped |
| you | telescoped |
| they | telescoped |
Pluperfect
| I | had telescoped |
| you | had telescoped |
| he;she;it | had telescoped |
| we | had telescoped |
| you | had telescoped |
| they | had telescoped |
Conditional
Present
| I | would telescope |
| you | would telescope |
| he;she;it | would telescope |
| we | would telescope |
| you | would telescope |
| they | would telescope |
Perfect
| I | would have telescoped |
| you | would have telescoped |
| he;she;it | would have telescoped |
| we | would have telescoped |
| you | would have telescoped |
| they | would have telescoped |
Imperative
| you | telescope |
| we | Let's telescope |
| you | telescope |
Verbs conjugated like 'telescope'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'telescope'
telecopy,
descope,
kinescope,
periscope,
reescape,
rescope,
telephone,
teletype,
bewelcome,
delope,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1648, from It. telescopio (used by Galileo, 1611), and Mod.L. telescopium (used by Kepler, 1613), both from Gk. teleskopos "far-seeing," from tele- "far" (see tele-) + -skopos "seeing," from skopein "to watch." Said to have been coined by Prince Cesi, founder and head of the Roman Academy of the Lincei (Galileo was a member). Used in Eng. in L. form from 1619. The verb meaning "to force together one inside the other" (like the sliding tubes of some telescopes) is first recorded 1867.
2. From tele- + -scope.
3. From Latin tēlescopium, from Ancient Greek τηλεσκόπος (tēleskópos, “far-seeing”), from τῆλε (têle, “afar”) + σκοπέω (skopéō, “to look at”).
4. Coined in 1611 by the Greek mathematician Giovanni Demisiani for one of Galileo Galilei's instruments presented at a banquet at the Accademia dei Lincei. Doublet of Telescopium.
Sample Sentences
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Hugo rose to his full height, which was triple that of Grunt Buggely’s, even without his neck telescoped. [1988, Barry B[rookes] Longyear, Naked Came the Robot, New York, N.Y.: Popular Library, →ISBN, page 155:]