[ UK /kˈʌmpəs/ ]
[ US /ˈkəmpəs/ ]
NOUN
  1. navigational instrument for finding directions
  2. an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control:
    the ambit of municipal legislation
    a piano has a greater range than the human voice
    outside the reach of the law
    within the compass of this article
    in the political orbit of a world power
    the range of a supersonic jet
    within the scope of an investigation
  3. the limit of capability
    within the compass of education
  4. drafting instrument used for drawing circles
VERB
  1. travel around, either by plane or ship
    We compassed the earth
  2. get the meaning of something
    Do you comprehend the meaning of this letter?
  3. bring about; accomplish
    This writer attempts more than his talents can compass
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How To Use compass In A Sentence

  • But then on the other hand, the whole cosmos or universe is based on this love or compassion.
  • That's, kind of, the heart of what they call compassionate conservatism: that the American experience must be alive and viable for everyone, and that government has a role to help people have the tools so they can help themselves. CNN Transcript Jul 23, 2004
  • According to CAF, the Museum precinct will essentially encompass the buildings, hangars and aprons on the airfield side of Williams Road.
  • Although the World Cup is all encompassing at the moment, when it comes to sport there is no more spine-tingling moment than when 65,000 fans at Murrayfield sing ‘Flower of Scotland’.
  • Ten years ago he was a Dundee University drop out whose career encompassed labouring, recruitment consultancy and a rock band.
  • I compassionated him, and sometimes felt a wish to console him; but when I looked upon him, when I saw the filthy mass that moved and talked, my heart sickened, and my feelings were altered to those of horror and hatred. Chapter 17
  • Egypt, was meant to encompass the whole world of learning. Times, Sunday Times
  • The space radiation environment encompasses a broad spectrum of radiation ranging from infra-red to galactic cosmic radiation.
  • Possibly one of the most compassionate pieces of music ever made, it asks us, no, arranges that we see the plight of what I'll be brutal and call a lovelorn drag queen with such intense empathy that when the singer hurts him, we do too. Archive 2009-02-01
  • Will Ralphie boy have a similar experience and actually convert from his corrupt “moneychanger” fake Christian mentality and embrace more liberal, compassionate Christian beliefs and behaviors? Firedoglake » Safavian Found Guilty
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