Compass
noun
A tool that is used to find direction.
He used a compass to find his way in the forest.
Often appears as...
- use a compass
- compass needle
noun
A tool used for making perfect circles or arcs.
She used a compass to draw a circle on the paper.
Often appears as...
- use a compass
- compass leg
verb
To achieve or gain something.
They compassed their goal of climbing Mount Everest.
Often appears as...
- compass a goal
- compass an objective
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Formal
noun
An area or range within which something exists or happens.
The topic is within the compass of this lecture.
Often appears as...
- within the compass of
- compass of understanding
noun
A tool that is used to find direction.
He used a compass to find his way in the forest.
Often appears as...
- use a compass
- compass needle
noun
A tool used for making perfect circles or arcs.
She used a compass to draw a circle on the paper.
Often appears as...
- use a compass
- compass leg
verb
To achieve or gain something.
They compassed their goal of climbing Mount Everest.
Often appears as...
- compass a goal
- compass an objective
Usage tips
Formal
noun
An area or range within which something exists or happens.
The topic is within the compass of this lecture.
Often appears as...
- within the compass of
- compass of understanding
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/3Orientation and Exploration
Used when discussing outdoor navigating or finding one's way in unfamiliar places.
Remember to take a compass on your hiking trip to avoid getting lost.
Pro Tip 2/3Magnetic North
A traditional compass points towards magnetic north, which is essential for map reading.
Align the compass with magnetic north to read the map accurately.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Just Nautical
While associated with sea navigation, a compass is also used on land and in the air.
The pilot checked his compass before taking off.
Pro Tip 1/3Orientation and Exploration
Used when discussing outdoor navigating or finding one's way in unfamiliar places.
Remember to take a compass on your hiking trip to avoid getting lost.
Pro Tip 2/3Magnetic North
A traditional compass points towards magnetic north, which is essential for map reading.
Align the compass with magnetic north to read the map accurately.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Just Nautical
While associated with sea navigation, a compass is also used on land and in the air.
The pilot checked his compass before taking off.
Pro Tip 1/3Orientation and Exploration
Used when discussing outdoor navigating or finding one's way in unfamiliar places.
Remember to take a compass on your hiking trip to avoid getting lost.
Pro Tip 2/3Magnetic North
A traditional compass points towards magnetic north, which is essential for map reading.
Align the compass with magnetic north to read the map accurately.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Just Nautical
While associated with sea navigation, a compass is also used on land and in the air.
The pilot checked his compass before taking off.
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How to find work you...
than you do you picking your major and your area of study. But the point is, it's on us to figure that out, and we need a framework, we need a way to navigate through this. And so the first step of our compass is finding out what our unique strengths are. What are the things that we wake up loving to do no matter what, whether we're paid or we're not paid, the things that people thank us for?
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How to seek truth in the...
That the world learns. We get fooled once, maybe we get fooled again, but maybe not the third time. Is that true? I mean, let's hope. But I think in this regard that so much of it is also about technology, that the technology has to also be given some kind of moral compass. I know I'm talking nonsense, but you know what I mean.
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How the compass unlocked...
and come up with the compass rose. It essentially laid out what north, south, east and west looked like, and it also enabled you to kind of create new directions, like northwest, southeast, what have you. And for the first time, they knew where they were going. That's kind of a big deal.
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How Do Homing Pigeons...
compasses based on the Earth's magnetic field but it doesn't matter how many compasses you have unless you know where you are to begin with you won't know which direction to take so how does our humble pigeon do that that's a good question this is much more mysterious there's one
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Dan Dennett: Responding...
the compass I rely on for direction, the counsel I listen to for making wise decisions, and the benchmark I use for evaluating everything." Well maybe, OK, but what's going to follow from this? And here's one that does concern me. Remember I quoted him before with this
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Kathryn Schulz: Don't...
Specifically the two things I learned about myself that I most didn't want to forget was how important it felt to keep exploring and, simultaneously, how important it is to somehow keep an eye on your own true north. And what I loved about this image of the compass
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Solid, liquid, gas and …...
it doesn't look or behave any differently. And with the exception of a compass or other magnetic object, we rarely see matter respond to a magnetic field. But put a plasma in an electric field or magnetic field, and you'll get a very different reaction.
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Storytelling can be...
to be wielded wisely and wielded you know with with a lot of restraint because one of the things I realized is that stories on their own have absolutely no moral compass it's only the people who tell them who have the
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How to let go of being a...
is that we are perhaps overestimating the importance our inner compass is playing in our ethical decisions. We perhaps are overestimating how much our self-interest is driving our decisions,
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The "Ten Essentials" PIPE...
packing ten essential items pocketknife first-aid kit extra clothing rain gear water bottle flashlights trail food firestarter sun protection maps and compass all right Paul
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How to find work you...
than you do you picking your major and your area of study. But the point is, it's on us to figure that out, and we need a framework, we need a way to navigate through this. And so the first step of our compass is finding out what our unique strengths are. What are the things that we wake up loving to do no matter what, whether we're paid or we're not paid, the things that people thank us for?
Video examples
How to seek truth in the...
That the world learns. We get fooled once, maybe we get fooled again, but maybe not the third time. Is that true? I mean, let's hope. But I think in this regard that so much of it is also about technology, that the technology has to also be given some kind of moral compass. I know I'm talking nonsense, but you know what I mean.
Video examples
How the compass unlocked...
and come up with the compass rose. It essentially laid out what north, south, east and west looked like, and it also enabled you to kind of create new directions, like northwest, southeast, what have you. And for the first time, they knew where they were going. That's kind of a big deal.
Video examples
How Do Homing Pigeons...
compasses based on the Earth's magnetic field but it doesn't matter how many compasses you have unless you know where you are to begin with you won't know which direction to take so how does our humble pigeon do that that's a good question this is much more mysterious there's one
Video examples
Dan Dennett: Responding...
the compass I rely on for direction, the counsel I listen to for making wise decisions, and the benchmark I use for evaluating everything." Well maybe, OK, but what's going to follow from this? And here's one that does concern me. Remember I quoted him before with this
Video examples
Kathryn Schulz: Don't...
Specifically the two things I learned about myself that I most didn't want to forget was how important it felt to keep exploring and, simultaneously, how important it is to somehow keep an eye on your own true north. And what I loved about this image of the compass
Video examples
Solid, liquid, gas and …...
it doesn't look or behave any differently. And with the exception of a compass or other magnetic object, we rarely see matter respond to a magnetic field. But put a plasma in an electric field or magnetic field, and you'll get a very different reaction.
Video examples
Storytelling can be...
to be wielded wisely and wielded you know with with a lot of restraint because one of the things I realized is that stories on their own have absolutely no moral compass it's only the people who tell them who have the
Video examples
How to let go of being a...
is that we are perhaps overestimating the importance our inner compass is playing in our ethical decisions. We perhaps are overestimating how much our self-interest is driving our decisions,
Video examples
The "Ten Essentials" PIPE...
packing ten essential items pocketknife first-aid kit extra clothing rain gear water bottle flashlights trail food firestarter sun protection maps and compass all right Paul
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Quote examples
Harvey Ball
American Celebrity
There are two ways to go about it. You can take a compass and draw a perfect circle and make two perfect eyes as neat as can be. Or you can do it freehand and have some fun with it. Like I did. Give it character.
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Tyler Perry
American Actor
For me, there is a guiding compass that just lives inside of me. Every time I've gone against it, something bad has happened. As long as I stay in line and honor it, it has really been life changing.
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Hannah Fry
English Mathematician
We should actively be thinking about what our inventions would look like if exploited by someone with a less of a moral compass and decide if the world would really be better off with them in it.
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Gary Wolf
American Journalist
The self is just our operation center, our consciousness, our moral compass. So, if we want to act more effectively in the world, we have to get to know ourselves better.
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Herm Edwards
American Coach
In life, there's second chances. But that doesn't mean everyone gets a second chance with your team. That's where your moral compass comes in.
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Emmanuel Macron
French Politician
Popularity isn't my compass. Unless it can help one to act, to be understood... that's what counts.
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Walter Scott
Scottish Novelist
A rusty nail placed near a faithful compass, will sway it from the truth, and wreck the argosy.
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Jack Wagner
American Actor
My kids are at a point in their lives where I'm a moral compass for them. God help them both.
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Henry St. John
English Politician
Truth lies within a little and certain compass, but error is immense.
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Amanda Seales
American Comedian
I always say your truth is your compass to your purpose.
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Harvey Ball
American Celebrity
There are two ways to go about it. You can take a compass and draw a perfect circle and make two perfect eyes as neat as can be. Or you can do it freehand and have some fun with it. Like I did. Give it character.
Quote examples
Tyler Perry
American Actor
For me, there is a guiding compass that just lives inside of me. Every time I've gone against it, something bad has happened. As long as I stay in line and honor it, it has really been life changing.
Quote examples
Hannah Fry
English Mathematician
We should actively be thinking about what our inventions would look like if exploited by someone with a less of a moral compass and decide if the world would really be better off with them in it.
Quote examples
Gary Wolf
American Journalist
The self is just our operation center, our consciousness, our moral compass. So, if we want to act more effectively in the world, we have to get to know ourselves better.
Quote examples
Herm Edwards
American Coach
In life, there's second chances. But that doesn't mean everyone gets a second chance with your team. That's where your moral compass comes in.
Quote examples
Emmanuel Macron
French Politician
Popularity isn't my compass. Unless it can help one to act, to be understood... that's what counts.
Quote examples
Walter Scott
Scottish Novelist
A rusty nail placed near a faithful compass, will sway it from the truth, and wreck the argosy.
Quote examples
Jack Wagner
American Actor
My kids are at a point in their lives where I'm a moral compass for them. God help them both.
Quote examples
Henry St. John
English Politician
Truth lies within a little and certain compass, but error is immense.
Quote examples
Amanda Seales
American Comedian
I always say your truth is your compass to your purpose.
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