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compass
Synonyms and Antonyms of compass
1
a guiding or motivating purpose or principle
2
an area over which activity, capacity, or influence extends
3
the line or relatively narrow space that marks the outer limit of something
Synonym Discussion of compass
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- the entire range of human experience
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- a performance that ran the gamut of emotions
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- your concerns lie beyond the narrow compass of this study
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- the book covers the entire sweep of criminal activity
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- as time went on, the scope of the investigation widened
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- within that restricted orbit they tried to effect social change
compass
Synonyms and Antonyms of compass
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to carry through (as a process) to completion
accomplish, achieve, bring off, carry off, carry out, commit, do, execute, follow through (with), fulfill (or fulfil), make, negotiate, perform, perpetrate, prosecute, pull off, put through
bring about, effect, effectuate, implement
engage (in), practice (also practise)
go through
2
to travel completely around
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to engage in a secret plan to accomplish evil or unlawful ends
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to form a circle around
5
to have a clear idea of
appreciate, apprehend, assimilate, behold, catch, catch on (to), cognize, comprehend, conceive, cotton (to or on to), decipher, decode, dig, discern, get, grasp, grok, intuit, know, make, make out, perceive, recognize, register, savvy, see, seize, sense, tumble (to), twig, understand
pick up on
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