compass
A magnetic or electronic device used to determine the cardinal directionsA magnetic or electronic device used to determine the cardinal directions (usually magnetic or true north).
» Tom looked at his compass.
Том посмотрел на свой компас.
Том подивився на компас.
Том подивився на свій компас.
Meaning
10 sensesA magnetic or electronic device used to determine the cardinal directions (usually magnetic or true north).
1689/1690, John Locke, On improvement of understanding He that […] first discovered the use of the compass […] did more for the propagation of knowledge […] than those who built workhouses.
Kompass, Seekompass, Bussole
ко́мпасkómpas, буссо́льbussólʹ, компа́сkompás
ко́мпасkómpas, бусо́ляbusólja
A pair of compasses (a device used to draw circular arcs and transfer length measurements).
The range of notes of a musical instrument or voice.
диапазо́нdiapazón
Moderate bounds, limits of truth; moderation; due limits; used with within.
(formal)Synonym of scope.
охва́тoxvát
A curved circular form.
(obsolete)A space within limits; an area.
Umfang, Umkreis
объёмobʺjóm, кругkrug, окру́жностьokrúžnostʹ
(obsolete)An enclosing limit; a boundary, a circumference.
within the compass of an encircling wall
the limit of capability
(obsolete)Range, reach.
(obsolete)A passing round; circuit; circuitous course.
Examples
86 sentencesTom looked at his compass.
Том подивився на компас.
ruТом посмотрел на свой компас.
Hikers need to carry a compass with them to find their way through the woods.
Туристам, щоб знайти дорогу у лісі, потрібно брати з собою компас.
ruТуристам, чтобы найти дорогу в лесу, нужно брать с собой компас.
Compasses point north.
Компаси вказують на північ.
ruКомпасы указывают на север.
deKompasse zeigen nach Norden.
I don't know how to use this compass.
ruЯ не знаю, как пользоваться этим компасом.
deIch weiß nicht, wie man diesen Kompass benutzt.
Tom doesn't know how to use a compass.
ruТом не умеет пользоваться компасом.
deTom weiß nicht, wie man einen Kompass benutzt.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English compas (“a circle, circuit, limit, form, a mathematical instrument”),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.
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