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. (formal) Synonym of scope.
8. (obsolete) Range, reach.
9. (obsolete) A passing round; circuit; circuitous course.
10. A curved circular form.

Verb

1. To surround; to encircle; to environ; to stretch round.
2. To go about or round entirely; to traverse.
3. (dated) To accomplish; to reach; to achieve; to obtain.
4. (dated) To plot; to scheme (against someone).

Adv

In a circuit; round about.

Conceptos

brújula

🧭

compás

ámbito

alcance

entender

círculo

⭕

captar

área

comprender

marco

campo de acción

límites

Brújula

circunferencia

comprensión

esfera

rosa de los vientos

abarcar

aprehender

entendimiento

recinto

Sinónimos

range

grasp

comprehend

pair of compasses

scope

reach

circuit

circumference

savvy

apprehend

sphere

dig

understand

circle

⭕

extent

orbit

precinct

encircle

grok

realise

catch

magnetic compass

ambit

achieve

expanse

get the picture

district

see

👀

surround

region

domain

read

📖

round

territory

perimeter

attain

periphery

translate

demesne

interpret

manage

know

plan

contrive

girth

encompass

area

compasses

boundary

circumnavigate

Traducciones

boussole

🧭

bussola

🧭

Kompass

🧭

compas

kompas

🧭

bússola

🧭

compasso

🧭

Zirkel

πυξίδα

brúixola

🧭

بوصلة

🧭

compàs

compasso

pusula

🧭

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈkʌmpəs/

Etimología (Inglés)

Heredado de inglés medio: compas

Heredado de inglés medio: compassen

In summary

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.