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compass
verb(com-pass)to devise or contrive often with craft or skill : plot
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verb(com-pass)encompass
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verb(com-pass)bring about, achieve
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noun(com-pass)boundary, circumference
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noun(com-pass)a circumscribed space
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noun(com-pass)range, scope
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adjective(com-pass)forming a curve : curved
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noun(com-pass)the circular card attached to the needles of a mariner's compass on which are marked the 360° of the circle and 32 equidistant points
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noun(com-pass)a yellow-flowered composite plant (Silphium laciniatum) that has large pinnatifid leaves in which the leaf edges typically align in a northerly and southerly direction and that occurs especially in prairies and along roadsides of the central U.S.
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noun(com-pass)a circle graduated to degrees or quarters and printed on a chart to show direction
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noun(com-pass)a compass used in navigation that consists of parallel magnetic needles or bundles of needles permanently attached to a card marked to indicate direction and degrees of a circle
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noun(com-pass)a direction finder used in navigation
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idiom(com-pass)all directions : everywhere
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noun(com-pass)a device that is used to find direction by means of a needle that always points north