Antonyms for compass
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : kuhm-puh s |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈkʌm pəs |
Definition of compass
Origin :- c.1300, "space, area, extent, circumference," from Old French compas "circle, radius, pair of compasses" (12c.), from compasser "to go around, measure, divide equally," from Vulgar Latin *compassare "to pace out" (source of Italian compassare, Spanish compasar), from Latin com- "together" (see com-) + passus "a step" (see pace (n.)).
- The mathematical instrument so called from mid-14c. The mariners' directional tool (so called since early 15c.) took the name, perhaps, because it's round and has a point like the mathematical instrument. The word is in most European languages, with a mathematical sense in Romance, a nautical sense in Germanic, and both in English.
- noun boundary, periphery
- verb enclose
- verb achieve, get
- But, nerved as he was by desperation, he found the task greater than he could compass.
- Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
- The rock is very magnetic, and the compass is quite useless.
- Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest
- I was tired of trying to steer a course for myself, with no compass to go by.
- Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
- This fact is sustained by evidences teeming upon us from every point of the compass.
- Extract from : « Ridgeway » by Scian Dubh
- We were without a compass, and steered by the direction of the wind and sea.
- Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
- And what the word means, in its full horror, only a child can compass.
- Extract from : « Meadow Grass » by Alice Brown
- Thus the Barnacles were all over the world, in every direction—despatch-boxing the compass.
- Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
- I knew it was something connected with a point of the compass and a door.
- Extract from : « Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit » by Charles Dickens
- Once or twice he consulted Uncle Ben, and as often glanced at his compass.
- Extract from : « Roden's Corner » by Henry Seton Merriman
- Can he compass his spirit with meekness, and strangle a natural oath?
- Extract from : « Farm Ballads » by Will Carleton
Synonyms for compass
- accomplish
- ambit
- annex
- area
- attain
- beset
- besiege
- blockade
- bound
- bring about
- circle
- circuit
- circumference
- circumscribe
- circumscription
- confines
- domain
- effect
- encircle
- enclosure
- encompass
- environ
- environs
- execute
- expanse
- extent
- field
- fulfill
- gain
- gird
- girdle
- have
- hem in
- land
- limit
- limitation
- obtain
- orbit
- perform
- perimeter
- precinct
- procure
- purlieus
- purview
- radius
- range
- reach
- realize
- realm
- restriction
- ring
- round
- scope
- secure
- sphere
- stretch
- surround
- sweep
- win
- zone
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