telescope

telescope

verb

Definition of TELESCOPE

to reduce in size or volume by or as if by pressing parts or members together <for dramatic purposes, the film telescopes the years over which the events occurred into a few short months>

Synonyms capsule, capsulize, collapse, compact, condense, constrict, constringe, contract, narrow (down), squeeze, telescope

Related Words cram, crowd, jam, jam-pack, pack; abbreviate, abridge, curtail, shorten; boil down, downsize, shrink; concentrate, consolidate; simplify, streamline; decrease, diminish, lessen

Near Antonyms dilate, disperse, dissipate, scatter; distend, inflate, swell

Antonyms decompress, expand, open, outspread, outstretch