compass
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(verb) bring about; accomplish; "This writer attempts more than his talents can compass" |
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Related Words: accomplish, achieve, attain, reach |
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(noun) an indicator points to the north |
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Related Words: compass card, gyrocompass, magnetic compass, navigational instrument |
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(noun) used for drawing circles |
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Related Words: drafting instrument |
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(noun) the limit of capability; "within the compass of education" |
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Synonyms: grasp, range, reach |
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Related Words: capability, capableness, potentiality, sight |
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(verb) travel around, either by plane or ship: "We compassed the earth" |
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Synonyms: circumnavigate |
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Related Words: circle |
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(noun) an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control: "the range of a supersonic jet"; "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" |
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Synonyms: ambit, orbit, range, reach, scope |
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Related Words: confines, expanse, extent, gamut, horizon, internationalism, internationality, latitude, palette, pallet, purview, spectrum, sweep, view |
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(verb) get the meaning of something; "Do you comprehend the meaning of this letter?" |
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Synonyms: apprehend, comprehend, dig, get the picture, grasp, savvy |
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Related Words: catch on, cotton on, digest, figure, get it, get onto, intuit, latch on, tumble, twig, understand |
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