compass
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
navigational instrument for finding directions
Types & categories
- navigational instrument hypernym
- gyrocompass hyponym
- magnetic compass hyponym
Sense 2 verb
bring about; accomplish
This writer attempts more than his talents can compass
Types & categories
- attain hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control:
the range of a supersonic jet
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 4 verb
travel around, either by plane or ship
We compassed the earth
Types & categories
- circle hypernym
Related & opposite
- circumnavigation derivation
Sense 5 noun
the limit of capability
within the compass of education
Types & categories
- capableness hypernym
- ken hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 6 verb
get the meaning of something
Do you comprehend the meaning of this letter?
Types & categories
- understand hypernym
- figure hyponym
- catch on hyponym
- intuit hyponym
- digest hyponym
Related & opposite
- discernment derivation
- comprehension derivation
- appreciation derivation
- grasping derivation
- apprehender derivation
- comprehensible derivation
- apprehensible derivation
- apprehensive derivation
Sense 7 noun
drafting instrument used for drawing circles
Types & categories
- drafting instrument hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | navigational instrument |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | gyrocompass |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | magnetic compass |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | scope |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | grasp |
| 2 | domain usage | Related & opposite | archaism |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | attain |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | compass |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | straddle |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | range |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | scopal |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | extent |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | approximate range |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | confines |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | contrast |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | internationality |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | latitude |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | purview |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | sweep |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | gamut |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | spectrum |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | palette |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | circumnavigation |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | circle |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | compass |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | range |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | capableness |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | ken |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | discernment |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | comprehension |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | appreciation |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | grasping |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | apprehender |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | comprehensible |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | apprehensible |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | apprehensive |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | understand |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | figure |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | catch on |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | intuit |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | digest |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | drafting instrument |