compass

noun

/ˈkʌmpəs/

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(also magnetic compass)
[countable] an instrument for finding direction, with a needle that always points to the north
- a map and compass
- the points of the compass (= N, S, E, W, etc.)
see also moral compass
Wordfinder
- compass
- globe
- GPS
- grid
- key
- latitude
- map
- navigate
- reference
- scale
Extra Examples
- A compass shows you which direction is north.
- People arrived from all points of the compass.
- The railway fanned out from Moscow to all points of the compass.
Topics Hobbiesb2
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- digital
- magnetic
verb + compass
- use
- check
compass + verb
- show something
compass + noun
- needle
- bearing
- reading
- …
phrases
- a map and compass
- the points of the compass
See full entry
[countable]
(also compasses [plural])
an instrument with two long thin parts joined together at the top, used for drawing circles and measuring distances on a map
- a pair of compasses
[singular] (formal) a range or an extent, especially of what can be achieved in a particular situation
- the compass of a singer’s voice (= the range from the lowest to the highest note that he or she can sing)

Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French compas (noun), compasser (verb), based on Latin com- ‘together’ + passus ‘a step or pace’. Several senses (‘measure’, ‘artifice’, ‘circumscribed area’, and ‘pair of compasses’) which appeared in Middle English are also found in Old French, but their development and origin are uncertain. The transference of sense to the magnetic compass occurred in the related Italian word compasso, from the circular shape of the compass box.

单词	compass
释义	compass noun /ˈkʌmpəs/ /ˈkʌmpəs/ jump to other results enlarge image (also magnetic compass) [countable] an instrument for finding direction, with a needle that always points to the north a map and compass the points of the compass (= N, S, E, W, etc.) see also moral compass Wordfinder compass globe GPS grid key latitude map navigate reference scale Extra Examples A compass shows you which direction is north. People arrived from all points of the compass. The railway fanned out from Moscow to all points of the compass. Topics Hobbiesb2 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective digital magnetic verb + compass use check compass + verb show something compass + noun needle bearing reading … phrases a map and compass the points of the compass See full entry [countable] (also compasses [plural]) an instrument with two long thin parts joined together at the top, used for drawing circles and measuring distances on a map a pair of compasses [singular] (formal) a range or an extent, especially of what can be achieved in a particular situation the compass of a singer’s voice (= the range from the lowest to the highest note that he or she can sing) Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French compas (noun), compasser (verb), based on Latin com- ‘together’ + passus ‘a step or pace’. Several senses (‘measure’, ‘artifice’, ‘circumscribed area’, and ‘pair of compasses’) which appeared in Middle English are also found in Old French, but their development and origin are uncertain. The transference of sense to the magnetic compass occurred in the related Italian word compasso, from the circular shape of the compass box.
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