telescope
/ˈtɛlɪskəʊp/
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American sound/ˈtɛlɪskəʊp/
telescope
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te - les - cope -> telescope
Myanmar meaning
Full entry
အဝေးကြည့်မှန်ပြောင်း။ look at the moon through a telescope. See also RADIO TELESCOPE
v
၁။ ဆန့်နိုင်ကျုံ့နိုင်အောင် ငုံဆက်ထားသောအဆစ်များဖြင့်ပြုလုပ် ထားသည်။
၂။ ~ sth (into sth) ချုံ့ထားသည်။ Three episodes have been telescoped into a single programme.
❏ telescopic /'telÇ'skɒpÇk/ adj
၁။ အဝေးကြည့်မှန်ပြောင်း။ a telescopic view of the moon ❍ a telescopic sight (eg on a rifle).
၂။ တစ်ဆစ်ချင်း ဆန့်ထုတ်နိုင်၊ ထိုးသွင်းနိုင်သော။ ပြောင်းဆင့်ဆက်။ a telescopic aerial/ umbrella. telescopically /-kli/ advv
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get smaller, reduce in size, contract, shrivel, disappear, minimize, abbreviate, abridge, abstract, bend, bind, blue pencil, boil down, chop, coagulate, cockle, compact, compress, concentrate, condense, consolidate, constrict, corrugate, cram, cramp, crimp, crisp, crowd, crumple, crush, curl, curtail, cut, cut down, decoct, decrease, dehydrate, densen, densify, digest, dog-ear, double, double over, edit, encapsulate, epitomize, force into space, furrow, gather, groove, hem, intertwine, inventory, knit, lap, make brief, narrow, observatory, overlap, overlay, pack, plait, pleat, plicate, precipitate, press, press together, précis, pucker, purse, put in a nutshell, ram, reduce, replicate, restrict, ridge, ruche, ruck, ruffle, shorten, shrink, snip, solidify, squash, squeeze, stuff, sum, summarize, summate, syncopate, synopsize, thicken, tighten, trim, tuck, turn under, wedge, wrap, wrinkle
Antonyms
achieve, add, allow, amplify, blow up, develop, disperse, divide, enlarge, expand, extend, fill, flatten, free, grow, increase, leave, lengthen, let go, let out, loose, loosen, open, raise, release, separate, smooth, straighten, strengthen, stretch, succeed, thin, unbend, uncompress, uncondense, untie, unwrinkle
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