COMPASS
\kˈʌmpəs], \kˈʌmpəs], \k_ˈʌ_m_p_ə_s]\
Definitions of COMPASS
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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travel around, either by plane or ship; "We compassed the earth"
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navigational instrument for finding directions
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drafting instrument used for drawing circles
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the limit of capability; "within the compass of education"
By Princeton University
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travel around, either by plane or ship; "We compassed the earth"
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navigational instrument for finding directions
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drafting instrument used for drawing circles
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the limit of capability; "within the compass of education"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A passing round; circuit; circuitous course.
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An inclosing limit; boundary; circumference; as, within the compass of an encircling wall.
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An inclosed space; an area; extent.
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Moderate bounds, limits of truth; moderation; due limits; -- used with within.
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The range of notes, or tones, within the capacity of a voice or instrument.
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An instrument for determining directions upon the earth's surface by means of a magnetized bar or needle turning freely upon a pivot and pointing in a northerly and southerly direction.
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A pair of compasses.
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A circle; a continent.
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To go about or entirely round; to make the circuit of.
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To inclose on all sides; to surround; to encircle; to environ; to invest; to besiege; -- used with about, round, around, and round about.
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To reach round; to circumvent; to get within one's power; to obtain; to accomplish.
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To curve; to bend into a circular form.
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To purpose; to intend; to imagine; to plot.
By Oddity Software
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To encircle; walk around; to accomplish; attain; besiege.
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A circle; a circumference; extent; moderate bounds; an instrument used on ships for finding the directions, north, south, east, and west.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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To pass or go round: to surround or inclose: to besiege: to bring about or obtain: to contrive or plot.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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The range of a voice or instrument.
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An instrument for determining directions by the pointing of a magnetic needle northward, as in the mariners compass.
By James Champlin Fernald
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.
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Circle; round a circuit; circumference; —an inclosing limit; boundary; —an inclosed space; area; extent; range; —the whole extent of a voice or instrument in the musical scale; —an instrument serving to indicate the position or bearing of any body towards the horizon. It consists of a magnetic needle, which, corrected for variation, points due north, a sight line pointing to the horizon, and a circular card divided into thirty-two equal parts. The deflection or difference between the sight point and the north point of the needle, gives the position or bearing.
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Circle, round; space, room, limits; enclosure, circumference; a departure from the right line, an indirect advance; moderate space, moderation, due limits; the power of the voice to express the notes of musick; the instrument with which circles are drawn; the instrument composed of a needle and card, whereby mariners steer.
By Thomas Sheridan
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