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Meaning compass meaning

What does compass mean?
Definitions in simple English

compass Noun

— A compass is an instrument that points out directions by using the Earth's magnetic poles — A compass is a tool for drawing circles and arcs

compass

— noun navigational instrument for finding directions — noun (= scope, range, reach, orbit, ambit) an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control the range of a supersonic jet a piano has a greater range than the human voice the ambit of municipal legislation within the compass of this article within the scope of an investigation outside the reach of the law in the political orbit of a world power — noun the limit of capability within the compass of education — noun drafting instrument used for drawing circles — verb bring about; accomplish This writer attempts more than his talents can compass — verb travel around, either by plane or ship We compassed the earth — verb (= comprehend) get the meaning of something Do you comprehend the meaning of this letter?

Synonyms compass synonyms

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compass English » English

range scope pair of compasses grasp comprehend reach circumference circuit understand sphere savvy dig apprehend precinct orbit grok extent encircle circle realise magnetic compass get the picture expanse district catch ambit achieve translate territory surround see round region read plan periphery perimeter manage know interpret girth encompass domain demesne contrive compasses circumnavigate boundary attain area

Compass English » English

Pyxis Mariner’s Compass Circinus

Topics compass topics

What do people use compass to talk about?
States Location Direction

North, south, east, west
Physical actions Move Travel Travel by water

Boat
Physical actions Move Travel

Map
States Big

Measure
States Quality Shape

Round

  • What tools are used to draw a circle?
    compass

Conjugation compass conjugation

How do you conjugate compass?

compass · verb

Examples compass examples

How do I use compass in a sentence?

Simple sentences

Tom always carries a map and compass in his bag.
This circle was drawn by a compass.
I don't know how to use this compass.
A society without religion is like a ship without a compass.
The compass points to the north.
It's hard to draw a circle without a compass.
This compass will be useful on your trip.
Over a 20 year period of time, Tycho Brahe made consistent observations which supported the heliocentric theory proposed earlier by Copernicus. These observations were made using only a compass and a sextant.
The needle of a compass marks North.
Hikers need to carry a compass with them to find their way through the woods.
This is beyond the compass of my ability.
Compass needles point to the north.
A baby has no moral compass.
The compass pointer always seeks north.
Tom looked at his compass.

Movie subtitles

I followed the compass directions exactly.
Isn't that why you gave him your compass?
And so we are met here today. facing the open sea on three points of the compass. to pay tribute to the men who have sailed from this port. and gone down to that sea, never to return.
He must have a compass with him.
I would hate to commit myself without my compass.
Should I take a compass?
I forgot my compass.
The needle of the compass no longer points to the magnetic pole.
Do you have a compass?
What worries me is the compass.
Without a compass.
With the sun this high, it's pretty hard to tell the points of the compass.
One can't be sure without a compass.
He said one couldn't be sure without a compass.
Give him food, water, cutlasses and a compass.
Our compass isn't behaving well, either.
Without a compass. - What's the matter with the sun?
He might have been mistaken. When I questioned him yesterday, he didn't want to commit himself. He said one couldn't be sure without a compass.
But don't you see, without a compass.
Your compass in the other shouting orders to your pirate crew.
Someone take a compass reading of this place.
You disturbed the electric compass.
Cozy, okay for the average family. only you'd need a compass to go to the mailbox.
Blowing from every point of the compass at once.
Compass, gyro, air speed indicator, altimeter.
You girls are really wonderful, but my compass points that way.
Good army compass.
It takes more than a compass, Englishman.
My compass.
I wish I'd brought my compass.
Then that. It sort of was like a compass to me.
We stay in the village. Perrin, the map and the compass!

News and current affairs

Indeed, it is virtually impossible to resolve the current mess without some kind of compass pointing to where the future system lies.
But Obama cannot do it alone - and, so far, neither the American public nor the US Congress seems committed to reconnecting with its moral compass.
Paraphrasing Katherine Hepburn in the movie The African Queen, religion allows us to rise above wicked old Mother Nature, handing us a moral compass.
For example, because atheists supposedly lack a moral compass, they should be guided by pure self-interest and walk by the drowning child.
Comprehending the process by which a society begins to fail to protect itself, by which it's moral compass deteriorates, is almost impossible.
Confucianism's tenets still provide an inner compass to most East Asians in a post-Confucian age, just as Biblical admonitions remain standards for the West in a post-religious age.
Yes, Silicon Valley is still admired as a source of invention and creative destruction; but it is also widely viewed as having lost its ethical compass.
China could boast technological wonders - the compass, navigational abilities, the printing press, fireworks and explosives - that barely touched the rest of the world.
After 1989 China seemed to lose its moral compass.
Indeed, at a time when most European political leaders are lacking in inspiration and direction, if not courage, Merkel has emerged as Europe's moral compass.
History can be an essential compass when past experience provides unambiguous headings.
The years since the Tienanmen Massacre seem politically and intellectually anemic by comparison. After 1989 China seemed to lose its moral compass.
When embedded in new and unfamiliar settings, our habitual ways of thinking, feeling, and acting no longer function to sustain the moral compass that has guided us reliably in the past.

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