compass
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noun- 1.
A magnetic or electronic device used to determine the cardinal directions (usually magnetic or true north).
1689/1690, John Locke, On improvement of understanding He that […] first discovered the use of the compass […] did more for the propagation of knowledge […] than those who built workhouses.
- 2.
A pair of compasses (a device used to draw circular arcs and transfer length measurements).
- 3.
(music) The range of notes of a musical instrument or voice.
- 4.
(obsolete)A space within limits; an area.
- 5.
(obsolete)An enclosing limit; a boundary, a circumference.
within the compass of an encircling wall
- 6.
Moderate bounds, limits of truth; moderation; due limits; used with within.
- 7.
(formal)Synonym of scope.
Đồng nghĩa: scope
- 8.
(obsolete)Range, reach.
- 9.
(obsolete)A passing round; circuit; circuitous course.
- 10.
(carpentry, architecture, shipbuilding) A curved circular form.
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verb- 1.
To surround; to encircle; to environ; to stretch round.
- 2.
To go about or round entirely; to traverse.
- 3.
(dated)To accomplish; to reach; to achieve; to obtain.
- 4.
(dated)To plot; to scheme (against someone).
But it went beyond it by the loose construction of compassing to depose the King, …
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adverb- 1.
(obsolete)In a circuit; round about.
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From Middle English compas (a circle, circuit, limit, form, a mathematical instrument), from Old French compas, from compassus (a circle, a circuit), from Latin com- (together) + passus (a pace, step, later a pass, way, route); see pass, pace.