Meaning

4 senses
  1. To surround; to encircle; to environ; to stretch round.

    охва́тыватьoxvátyvatʹ, охвати́тьoxvatítʹ, окружа́тьokružátʹ

  2. To go about or round entirely; to traverse.

    bring about; accomplish

  3. (dated)To accomplish; to reach; to achieve; to obtain.

  4. (dated)To plot; to scheme (against someone).

Examples

86 sentences
  1. Tom looked at his compass.

    Том подивився на компас. — deniko

    ruТом посмотрел на свой компас. — sharptoothed

  2. 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. — iceman

    ruТуристам, чтобы найти дорогу в лесу, нужно брать с собой компас. — Hellerick

  3. Compasses point north.

    Компаси вказують на північ. — deniko

    ruКомпасы указывают на север. — Wezel

    deKompasse zeigen nach Norden. — raggione

  4. I don't know how to use this compass.

    ruЯ не знаю, как пользоваться этим компасом. — AntonKhorev

    deIch weiß nicht, wie man diesen Kompass benutzt. — riotlake

  5. Tom doesn't know how to use a compass.

    ruТом не умеет пользоваться компасом. — marafon

    deTom weiß nicht, wie man einen Kompass benutzt. — megamanenm

Translations

2 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
surround:

Origin

From Middle English compassen (“to go around, make a circuit, draw a circle, contrive, int

From Middle English compassen (“to go around, make a circuit, draw a circle, contrive, intend”), from Old French compasser; from the noun; see compass as a noun.

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Forms

compasses, compassing, compassed, compassed
Base formcompass · to compass
3rd person singularcompasses
Present participlecompassing
Past simplecompassed
Past participlecompassed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theycompass
he, she, itcompasses

Past simpleLesson

all personscompassed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave compassed
he, she, ithas compassed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill compass

Synonyms

22 synonyms
go about or around entirely:coverA2traverseB2
plot (against someone):plotB2schemeB2conspire
Close in meaning

Word family

4 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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