compass
compass is a 7-letter English word with 21 senses as noun, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A passing round; circuit; circuitous course. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- noun. A passing round; circuit; circuitous course.
- noun. An inclosing limit; boundary; circumference; as, within the compass of an encircling wall.
- noun. An inclosed space; an area; extent.
- noun. Extent; reach; sweep; capacity; sphere; as, the compass of his eye; the compass of imagination.
- noun. Moderate bounds, limits of truth; moderation; due limits; -- used with within.
- noun. The range of notes, or tones, within the capacity of a voice or instrument.
- noun. 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.
- noun. A pair of compasses.
- noun. A circle; a continent.
- transitive verb. To go about or entirely round; to make the circuit of.
- transitive verb. To inclose on all sides; to surround; to encircle; to environ; to invest; to besiege; -- used with about, round, around, and round about.
- transitive verb. To reach round; to circumvent; to get within one's power; to obtain; to accomplish.
- transitive verb. To curve; to bend into a circular form.
- transitive verb. To purpose; to intend; to imagine; to plot.
- noun. navigational instrument for finding directions
- noun. drafting instrument used for drawing circles
- noun. 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"
- noun. the limit of capability
"within the compass of education"
- verb. get the meaning of something
"Do you comprehend the meaning of this letter?"
- verb. travel around, either by plane or ship
"We compassed the earth"
- verb. bring about; accomplish
"This writer attempts more than his talents can compass"
Synonyms
ambit, orbit, range, reach, scope, grasp, apprehend, comprehend, dig, grok, savvy, circumnavigate
Common word forms
compas, compassed, compasser, compasses, compassing, compassable, compassless, compassment
Words from these letters
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