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telescope
Meaning: an instrument used to view distant objects, especially in the night sky
telescope in a sentence
How telescope is used in real sentences:
Grandpa set up his old telescope on the porch to show us Saturn's rings.
From the lighthouse tower, the sailor raised his telescope and finally spotted the small fishing boat drifting far beyond the harbor's rocky point.
“Jonah favored the stars because he had checked their pattern through his telescope.”
— from the passage Stitches Before Saturday
Synonyms for telescope
Other words for telescope — scope — carry the same meaning.
- scope
Where it comes from
From Greek tele- 'far' + skopein 'to look at'
Word parts
- tele — beyond, afar
telescope: tele (far) + scope (to view, from skopein)
Memory hook
TELEscope — TELE (far) + SCOPE (look) — a tool to look at far-off things.