compass

Etymology 1
From, from , from , from + ; see pass, pace.

Noun

 * 1) A magnetic or electronic device used to determine the cardinal directions (usually magnetic or true north).
 * 2) * 1689/1690,, On improvement of understanding
 * He that [...] first discovered the use of the compass [...] did more for the propagation of knowledge [...] than those who built workhouses.
 * 1) A pair of compasses (a device used to draw circular arcs and transfer length measurements).
 * 2)  The range of notes of a musical instrument or voice.
 * 3)  A space within limits; an area.
 * 4)  An enclosing limit; a boundary, a circumference.
 * 5) Moderate bounds, limits of truth; moderation; due limits; used with within.
 * 6)  Range, reach.
 * 7)  A passing round; circuit; circuitous course.
 * 1)  An enclosing limit; a boundary, a circumference.
 * 2) Moderate bounds, limits of truth; moderation; due limits; used with within.
 * 3)  Range, reach.
 * 4)  A passing round; circuit; circuitous course.
 * 1)  An enclosing limit; a boundary, a circumference.
 * 2) Moderate bounds, limits of truth; moderation; due limits; used with within.
 * 3)  Range, reach.
 * 4)  A passing round; circuit; circuitous course.
 * 1)  Range, reach.
 * 2)  A passing round; circuit; circuitous course.
 * 1)  Range, reach.
 * 2)  A passing round; circuit; circuitous course.
 * 1)  Range, reach.
 * 2)  A passing round; circuit; circuitous course.
 * 1)  A passing round; circuit; circuitous course.
 * 1)  A passing round; circuit; circuitous course.

Translations

 * Afrikaans: kompas
 * Albanian: ,
 * Arabic:
 * Egyptian Arabic: بوصلة
 * Armenian: ,
 * Assamese: কম্পাছ
 * Asturian:
 * Azerbaijani:, qiblənüma, qiblənamə
 * South Azerbaijani: قبله نما
 * Bashkir: ҡыблама
 * Basque: iparrorratz
 * Belarusian: ко́мпас
 * Bengali:
 * Breton:
 * Bulgarian: компа́с
 * Burmese: ,
 * Catalan: brúixola
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 指南針
 * Mandarin:, , ,  ,
 * Crimean Tatar: pusla, qıblenüma
 * Czech: kompas,
 * Danish:
 * Dhivehi: ސަމުގާ
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian: kompass
 * Ewe:
 * Faroese:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Friulian: bùssule
 * Galician:, buxola, búsula
 * Georgian: კომპასი, საზღვაო კომპასი
 * German:, Seekompass
 * Greek:
 * Ancient:
 * Gujarati: હોકાયંત્ર
 * Hausa: kamfas
 * Hawaiian: pānānā, ʻūpā
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi: क़ुतुबनुमा, दिक्सूचक,
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: ,
 * Ido:
 * Igbo: kompas
 * Indonesian:, padom
 * Ingrian: kumpassi
 * Interlingua: bussola
 * Irish: compás
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:, , ,
 * Kannada:
 * Karachay-Balkar: къыбылама
 * Karakalpak: qublanama
 * Kazakh: компас, құбылнама
 * Khmer:
 * Korean: ,
 * Kumyk: къыблама
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: پیشاندار, قبلەنامە
 * Northern Kurdish:
 * Kyrgyz: компас, кыбыланама
 * Lao:, , ເຂັມຊີ້ທິດ
 * Latin:
 * Latvian: kompass
 * Lithuanian:
 * Macedonian: компас
 * Malay:, pedoman
 * Malayalam: വടക്കുനോക്കിയന്ത്രം
 * Maori: kāpehu
 * Marathi: होकायंत्र
 * Mirandese: bússola
 * Mongolian:
 * Cyrillic:
 * Nepali:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: kompass
 * Occitan:
 * Odia: ଦିଗନିର୍ଣ୍ଣୟକ ଯନ୍ତ୍ର
 * Ojibwe: akiinoo'igan
 * Ottoman Turkish: پوصوله, قبله‌نامه
 * Pashto:
 * Persian:
 * Dari: قُطْب‌نَمَا
 * Iranian Persian: قُطْب‌نَما, قِبْلِه‌نَما
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Punjabi: ਕੰਪਾਸ
 * Rajasthani:
 * Romanian: ,
 * Romansch: cumpassiun
 * Russian:, ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: cairt-iùil, combaist
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: ко̀мпас
 * Roman:
 * Sicilian:
 * Sinhalese: මාලිමාව
 * Slovak: kompas
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: turubalani, bruhula
 * Tajik: компас, қутбнамо
 * Tamil:
 * Tatar:, компас
 * Telugu:
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:
 * Turkmen: kompas, kyblanama
 * Ukrainian:, бусо́ля
 * Urdu: قُطْب نُما, کَمْپاس
 * Uyghur: كومپاس, قىبلىنامە
 * Uzbek: ,
 * Vietnamese: (羅盤)
 * Volapük:, melakompad,  kopad
 * Welsh:, cwmpas, cwmpasau
 * West Frisian: kompas
 * Yiddish: קאָמפּאַס


 * Bulgarian:
 * Czech:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Greek:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Turkish:, tınlaç


 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan: ,
 * Czech:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish: ,
 * French: ,
 * Galician:, ámpito, encalzo
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Middle English: compas
 * Portuguese:, ,
 * Russian:, ,
 * Spanish:, ,
 * Thai:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Czech:
 * Finnish: ,
 * Middle English: compas
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Thai:


 * Norman:

Etymology 2
From, from ; from the noun; see compass as a noun.

Verb

 * 1) To surround; to encircle; to environ; to stretch round.
 * 2) To go about or round entirely; to traverse.
 * 3)  To accomplish; to reach; to achieve; to obtain.
 * 4)  To plot; to scheme (against someone).
 * 5) * 1794 November 1, Speech of Mr. Erskine in Behalf of Hardy, published in 1884, by Chauncey Allen Goodrich, in Select British Eloquence, page 719:
 * But it went beyond it by the loose construction of compassing to depose the King, [...]
 * 1)  To plot; to scheme (against someone).
 * 2) * 1794 November 1, Speech of Mr. Erskine in Behalf of Hardy, published in 1884, by Chauncey Allen Goodrich, in Select British Eloquence, page 719:
 * But it went beyond it by the loose construction of compassing to depose the King, [...]
 * 1)  To plot; to scheme (against someone).
 * 2) * 1794 November 1, Speech of Mr. Erskine in Behalf of Hardy, published in 1884, by Chauncey Allen Goodrich, in Select British Eloquence, page 719:
 * But it went beyond it by the loose construction of compassing to depose the King, [...]
 * 1) * 1794 November 1, Speech of Mr. Erskine in Behalf of Hardy, published in 1884, by Chauncey Allen Goodrich, in Select British Eloquence, page 719:
 * But it went beyond it by the loose construction of compassing to depose the King, [...]
 * But it went beyond it by the loose construction of compassing to depose the King, [...]

Synonyms

 * ,, , , to, reach
 * ,, , , to, reach
 * ,, , , to, reach

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Middle English: compassen
 * Ottoman Turkish: پرگارلامق
 * Russian:, , ,
 * Turkish:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Middle English: compassen


 * Bulgarian:
 * Dutch:
 * Middle English: compassen


 * Dutch: samenzweren (tegen)
 * Middle English: compassen

Adverb

 * 1)  In a circuit; round about.