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compass

noun

1 compass

Navigational instrument for finding directions.

Roget 693: direction; management, managery; government, gubernation, conduct, legislation, regulation, guidance; bossism [U.S.]; legislature; steerage, pilotage; ... show more

Roget 466: measurement, admeasurement, mensuration, survey, valuation, appraisement, assessment, assize; estimate, estimation; dead reckoning, reckoning etc. ... show more

Dutch: kompas
Polish: kompas

2 compass

An area in which something acts or operates or has power or control::
— Within the compass of this article.

synonyms: ambit, orbit, range, reach, scope.

Roget 26: degree, grade, extent, measure, amount, ratio, stint, standard, height, pitch; reach, amplitude, range, scope, ... show more

Roget 180: space, extension, extent, superficial extent, expanse, stretch, hyperspace; room, scope, range, field, way, expansion, compass, ... show more

Dutch: omvang, domein, invloedssfeer, bereik, draagwijdte, raam, reikwijdte, scope
Polish: zakres

3 compass

The limit of capability:
— Within the compass of education.

synonyms: grasp, range, reach.

4 compass

Drafting instrument used for drawing circles.

Dutch: omvang, passer
Polish: cyrkiel

verb

1 compass

Bring about; accomplish.

Roget 729: effect, effectuate; accomplish, achieve, compass, consummate, hammer out; bring to maturity, bring to perfection; perfect, complete; elaborate.    do, execute, ... show more

Roget 620: intend, purpose, design, mean; have to; propose to oneself; harbor a design; have in view, have in contemplation, have in one's eye, have in petto; have an eye to.    bid for, labor for; ... show more

Roget 227: lie around etc. adv.; surround, beset, compass, encompass, environ, inclose, enclose, encircle, embrace, circumvent, lap, ... show more

2 compass

Travel around, either by plane or ship:
— We compassed the earth.

synonym: circumnavigate.

3 compass

Get the meaning of something.

synonyms: apprehend, comprehend, dig, get the picture, grasp, grok, savvy.

Dutch: inzien, verstaan, snappen, begrijpen


Moby thesaurus: Gyrosin compass, Johansson block, RDF, T square, accept, accomplish, achieve, acquire, aesthetic distance, alentours, ambience, ambit, amount, annex, attain, beleaguer, beset, besiege, blockade, border line ... show more.

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