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How to pronounce compass in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms grasp, range, reach
Type of potentiality, capability, capableness
Has types sight, ken


within the compass of education.
Type Words
Synonyms ambit, orbit, range, reach, scope
Type of extent
Has types approximate range, ballpark, confines, contrast, expanse, gamut, horizon, internationalism, internationality, latitude, palette, pallet, purview, spectrum, sweep, view


within the compass of this article.
Type Words
Synonyms apprehend, comprehend, dig, get the picture, grasp, grok, savvy
Type of understand
Has types get wise, intuit, latch on, tumble, twig, catch on, cotton on, digest, figure, get it, get onto
Type Words
Synonyms circumnavigate
Type of circle


We compassed the earth.
Type Words
Type of accomplish, achieve, attain, reach


This writer attempts more than his talents can compass.
Type Words
Type of drafting instrument
Type Words
Type of navigational instrument
Has types gyrocompass, magnetic compass

Examples of compass

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Compass never explained that RHPI was not a true insurance company, Wernly said.
From the denverpost.com
Then there was the camera, a compass and the laptop, to watch DVDs on the plane.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Clearly, it's within their compass to do so, and with the Countryman, they have.
From the online.wsj.com
Just as in 1989, finding a moral compass amid a time of whirling change is hard.
From the economist.com
The bad choices begin immediately, though, with the film's skewed moral compass.
From the inrich.com
You have to realize what that moral compass is reading, and act on that feeling.
From the honoluluadvertiser.com
But now a study has shown that the butterflies manage with just a compass alone.
From the independent.co.uk
They also posses a magnetic moment, that is, they act like tiny compass needles.
From the nature.com
So if your ethical compass needs a bit more calibrating, think of Emmanuel Kant.
From the forbes.com
More examples
  • Navigational instrument for finding directions
  • Bring about; accomplish; "This writer attempts more than his talents can compass"
  • Circumnavigate: travel around, either by plane or ship; "We compassed the earth"
  • Scope: 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 ...
  • Grok: get the meaning of something; "Do you comprehend the meaning of this letter?"
  • The limit of capability; "within the compass of education"
  • A compass is a navigational instrument for determining direction relative to the Earth's magnetic poles. It consists of a magnetized pointer (usually marked on the North end) free to align itself with Earth's magnetic field. ...
  • COMPASS is an acronym for COMPrehensive ASSembler. COMPASS is a macro assembly language on Control Data Corporation's 3000 series, and on the 60-bit CDC 6000 series, 7600 and Cyber 70 and 170 series mainframe computers.
  • Compass is a 2010 album by Jamie Lidell, released May 18. It is produced by Lidell and features additional production by Beck, Grizzly Bear's Chris Taylor, Lindsey Rome and Robbie Lackritz.