compasses
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compasses
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com - pas - ses -> compasses
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[pl]) (စက်ဝိုင်းဆွဲရန်၊ တိုင်းရန်)ကွန်ပါ။
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၁။ (also magnetic compass ) [C] သံလိုက်အိမ်မြှောင်။ အိမ်မြှောင်။ ကွန်ပါ။
the points of the compass (ie N, NE, E, SE, S, SW, W, NW, etc).
၂။ [C] (also compasses [pl])
(စက်ဝိုင်းဆွဲရန်၊ တိုင်းရန်)ကွန်ပါ။
a pair of compasses.
၃။ [C usu sing ] အဝန်းအဝိုင်းနယ်ပယ်။
beyond the compass of the human mind ❍ the compass of a singer's voice (ie the range from the lowest to the highest sound that he or she can sing).
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scope, range, area, extent, breadth, S-shaped, accomplish, achieve, ambit, annex, arrondi, attain, beset, besiege, biflected, blockade, bound, boundary, bring about, circle, circuit, circumference, circumscribe, circumscription, confines, curved, declinate, domain, effect, enbowed, encircle, enclose, enclosure, encompass, environ, environs, execute, expanse, field, fulfill, gain, get, gird, girdle, have, hem in, humped, incurvate, incurved, land, limit, limitation, obtain, orbit, perform, perimeter, periphery, precinct, procure, purlieus, purview, radius, reach, realize, realm, remit, restriction, ring, round, secure, sigmoid, sphere, stretch, surround, sweep, swirly, twisty, win, wreathed, zone
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