Compass
noun
- 1.
- (a device with a needle that points magnetic north, an instrument also called for drawing or dividing circles, etc., a range, an extent, boundary) directional compass ត្រីវិស័យ, draw with a compass ប្រពាយ, ដែកឈាន, compass of our discussions ទំហំ
verb — past tense: compassed ; past participle: compassed ; present participle: compassing ;
- 1.
- (TRANSITIVE) (to encircle, to go around, to accomplish, to achieve, to grasp mentally) ដាក់ជុំវិញ, ព័ទ្ធជុំវិញ
Example: The compass of a singing voice, The old lady stayed within the compass of her house, The high mountains compass the little valley.compass a figure គូរវង់មូល, compass all issues លើសទៀតមិនកើត
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
- 1.
- A passing round; circuit; circuitous course.
- 2.
- An inclosing limit; boundary; circumference; as, within the compass of an encircling wall.
- 3.
- An inclosed space; an area; extent.
- 4.
- Extent; reach; sweep; capacity; sphere; as, the compass of his eye; the compass of imagination.
- 5.
- Moderate bounds, limits of truth; moderation; due limits; -- used with within.
- 6.
- The range of notes, or tones, within the capacity of a voice or instrument.
- 7.
- An instrument for determining directions upon the earth's surface by means of a magnetized bar or needle turning freely upon a pivot and pointing in a northerly and southerly direction.
- 8.
- A pair of compasses.
verb — past tense: compassed ; past participle: compassed ; present participle: compassing ;
- 1.
- (TRANSITIVE) To go about or entirely round; to make the circuit of.
- 2.
- (TRANSITIVE) To inclose on all sides; to surround; to encircle; to environ; to invest; to besiege; -- used with about, round, around, and round about.
- 3.
- (TRANSITIVE) To reach round; to circumvent; to get within one's power; to obtain; to accomplish.
- 4.
- (TRANSITIVE) To curve; to bend into a circular form.
- 5.
- (TRANSITIVE) To purpose; to intend; to imagine; to plot.
- 1.
- A circle, a continent