n. navigational instrument for finding directions

n. drafting instrument used for drawing circles

n. drafting instrument used for drawing circles

n. the limit of capability; "within the compass of education"

n. an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control: "the range of a supersonic jet"; "the ambit of municipal legislation"; "within the compass of this article"; "within the scope of an investigation"; "outside the reach of the law"; "in the political orbit of a world power"

v. bring about; accomplish; "This writer attempts more than his talents can compass"

v. travel around, either by plane or ship; "We compassed the earth"

v. get the meaning of something; "Do you comprehend the meaning of this letter?"

n. a wide and open space or area as of surface or land or sky

n. the property possessed by a large mass

n. the property of something that is great in magnitude; "it is cheaper to buy it in bulk"; "he received a mass of correspondence"; "the volume of exports"

n. the extent of a 2-dimensional surface enclosed within a boundary; "the area of a rectangle"; "it was about 500 square feet in area"

n. the property of relative size or extent (whether large or small); "they tried to predict the magnitude of the explosion"; "about the magnitude of a small pea"

n. a particular environment or walk of life; "his social sphere is limited"; "it was a closed area of employment"; "he's out of my orbit"

n. greatness of magnitude

n. a degree in a continuum of size or quantity; "it was on the order of a mile"; "an explosion of a low order of magnitude"

n. the extent of something from side to side

v. move in an orbit; "The moon orbits around the Earth"; "The planets are orbiting the sun"; "electrons orbit the nucleus"

v. have a firm understanding or knowledge of; be on top of; "Do you control these data?"

v. be in or establish communication with; "Our advertisements reach millions"; "He never contacted his children after he emigrated to Australia"

v. to become aware of through the senses; "I could perceive the ship coming over the horizon"

v. guess correctly; solve by guessing; "He guessed the right number of beans in the jar and won the prize"

v. gain knowledge or skills; "She learned dancing from her sister"; "I learned Sanskrit"; "Children acquire language at an amazing rate"

v. convert into cash; of goods and property

v. interpret in the wrong way; "Don't misinterpret my comments as criticism"; "She misconstrued my remarks"