COMPASS

Definition:

1. [noun] navigational instrument for finding directions
   
   
2. [noun] an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control: "the range of a supersonic jet"; "the ambit of municipal legislation"; "within the compass of this article"; "within the scope of an investigation"; "outside the reach of the law"; "in the political orbit of a world power"
   Synonyms: scope, range, reach, orbit, ambit
   
   
3. [noun] the limit of capability; "within the compass of education"
   Synonyms: range, reach, grasp
   
   
4. [noun] drafting instrument used for drawing circles
   
   
5. [verb] bring about; accomplish; "This writer attempts more than his talents can compass"
   
   
6. [verb] travel around, either by plane or ship; "We compassed the earth"
   Synonyms: circumnavigate
   
   
7. [verb] get the meaning of something; "Do you comprehend the meaning of this letter?"
   Synonyms: get the picture, comprehend, savvy, dig, grasp, apprehend
   
   

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• figure
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• internationality, internationalism
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• horizon, view, purview
• sweep, expanse
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• spectrum
• palette, pallet
• sight, ken