compass

Significado (Inglés)

Noun

1. A magnetic or electronic device used to determine the cardinal directions (usually magnetic or true north).
2. A pair of compasses (a device used to draw circular arcs and transfer length measurements).
3. The range of notes of a musical instrument or voice.
4. (obsolete) A space within limits; an area.
5. (obsolete) An enclosing limit; a boundary, a circumference.
6. Moderate bounds, limits of truth; moderation; due limits; used with within.
7. Synonym of scope.
8. (obsolete) Range, reach.
9. (obsolete) A passing round; circuit; circuitous course.

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).

Adv

In a circuit; round about.

Conceptos

brújula

compás

alcance

ámbito

área

círculo

marco

captar

comprender

entender

Brújula

rosa de los vientos

circunferencia

recinto

aprehender

abarcar

esfera

campo de acción

comprensión

entendimiento

límites

Con guión como

com‧pass

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈkʌmpəs/

Etimología (Inglés)

From Middle English compas (“a circle, circuit, limit, form, a mathematical instrument”), from Old French compas, from Medieval Latin compassus (“a circle, a circuit”), from Latin com- (“together”) + passus (“a pace, step, later a pass, way, route”); see pass, pace.