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Synonyms for compass

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

Synonyms for compass

a line around a closed figure or area

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the ability or power to seize or attain

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an area within which something or someone exists, acts, or has influence or power

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to encircle with or as if with a band

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to perceive directly with the intellect

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Synonyms for compass

navigational instrument for finding directions

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an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control: "the range of a supersonic jet"

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the limit of capability

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drafting instrument used for drawing circles

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travel around, either by plane or ship

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"I knows him!" And, after a few convulsive efforts, the red legs tok the shape of a pair of compasses, and the intelligent pupil triumphantly shouted, "It's a We, Dranpa, it's a We!"
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A century or so later, Kneller's 'Kit-Cat' portrait of Sir John Vanbrugh shows the architect of Castle Howard also holding a pair of compasses. Soon afterwards, Jonathan Richardson's portrait of Vanbrugh's critic Lord Burlington shows the Palladian propagandist, again holding compasses.
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