What part of speech is telescoping?

Telescoping can be categorized as a verb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. telescoping is a verb, gerund of telescope (infinitive).

Inflections

Verb

What does telescoping mean?

Definitions

Verb

telescope - make smaller or shorter; "the novel was telescoped into a short play"
telescope - crush together or collapse; "In the accident, the cars telescoped"; "my hiking sticks telescope and can be put into the backpack"

Examples of telescoping

#   Sentence  
1. verb My hiking sticks telescope and can be put into the backpack.
Sentence  
verb
My hiking sticks telescope and can be put into the backpack.

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