to compass

Examples

• All

• "So will I compass Thine altar, O Lord, "that I may publish with the voice of thanksgiving "and tell of all Thy wondrous works..."

  Paper Moon (1973)

• No elegant variation of language will be tried out here, the speaker seems to say, as none was used to sublimate the acts that money could compass in India.

  Academic text (1991)

• How now shall this be compassed?

  The Tempest (2010)

• Rather, he saw the nation's sole justification as its provision of circumstances that would enable him to make that selfhood, to compass the widest possible view of existence; this was the goal of our species as he conceived it.

  Academic text (1992)

• The team had to collaborate closely to compass their ambitious objectives before the deadline.

• He used his skills and knowledge to compass a solution to the complex problem.

Synonyms

A

to achieve

vsto compass

∞ 2.3

To reach a goal by effort or skill

focuses on effort or skill rather than courage

A

to accomplish

vsto compass

942 2.6

To do something successfully after much effort

covers general success by effort or skill not only finishing

A

to attain

vsto compass

110 3.9

To reach a level, place, or goal after hard work

is more general applying to success by effort or skill not only reaching

Antonyms

F

failure

557 1.3

Not reaching what was planned or expected

A

abandonment

26 3.6

Leaving someone or something and not coming back

Idioms

B

to box the compass

• Archaic

9.9

To say all the compass points in order and name every direction

Compounds

C

compass point

1 3.6

A direction that a compass shows, like north or northeast

M

magnetic compass

1 3.1

A tool with a needle that points toward the Earth's magnetic north to show direction

C

cardinal compass point

2.5

One of the four main directions on a compass: north, east, south, or west

C

compass card

• Specialized

6.7

A round disc on a compass that turns so its north mark points to magnetic north

C

compass flower

• Specialized

9.9

A plant whose leaves point north and south

C

compass north

• Specialized

3.5

The direction the north end of a magnetic needle points toward on Earth

C

compass plane

• Specialized

9.9

A hand tool with a flexible bottom for smoothing inside and outside curves in wood

C

compass plant

• Specialized

9.9

A North American prairie plant with long leaves that point north and south and bright red flowers

C

compass saw

• Specialized

7.9

A small tool with a long, narrow, pointed blade for cutting tight curves in wood

M

mariner's compass

6.3

A tool on a ship that shows direction by a needle pointing north

R

radio compass

• Specialized

6.5

A device that shows direction by receiving radio signals

Surface Forms

Etymology