compassed 1 of 2

adjective

Definition of compassednext
as in accomplished

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compassed

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verb

past tense of compass
1
as in fulfilled
to carry through (as a process) to completion attempting more than his modest abilities could compass

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2
as in circled
to travel completely around the great age of exploration, when ships of sail compassed the earth

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3
as in plotted
to engage in a secret plan to accomplish evil or unlawful ends the rebels are compassing the assassination of the king

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as in surrounded
to form a circle around a mysterious isle, compassed by treacherous seas

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as in understood
to have a clear idea of the concept that the earth is billions of years old is one that the average mind struggles to compass

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for compassed
  1. accomplished
  2. fulfilled
  3. circled
  4. surrounded
  5. understood
  6. performed
  7. over
  8. executed
Adjective
  • Sugano, 35, enters Major League Baseball as one of Japan’s more accomplished arms.
    Johnny Flores, The Athletic, 17 Dec. 2024
  • Buy Now: Tilt on Bookshop | Amazon | Barnes & Noble Audition, Katie Kitamura (April 8) Intimacies author Katie Kitamura’s tense new novel, Audition, begins with a Manhattan lunch date between an accomplished theater actor and a troubled man who is young enough to be her son.
    Shannon Carlin, TIME, 17 Dec. 2024
Definition of accomplished
Verb
  • This is the process by which an unbiased third-party agent holds cash or a title and only releases the payment or item due when a contract has been thoroughly fulfilled.
    Parvez Siddiqui, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
  • This bonus offer will be fulfilled as 20,000 ThankYou® Points, which can be redeemed for $200 cash back.
    Senitra Horbrook, CNBC, 19 Dec. 2024
Definition of fulfilled
Verb
  • Some of us circled the toys and left the catalog open to strategic pages for all to see.
    Dawn Mitchell, The Indianapolis Star, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Towns knows the healthiest way forward is to treat this as just another game — an opportunity for the Knicks to continue building chemistry while adding a mark in the win column — but in reality, this was a game circled in invisible ink.
    Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 19 Dec. 2024
Definition of circled
Verb
  • Adding to its uniqueness, the city winds along the Mississippi River and is surrounded by distinct wetland habitats of swamps, bayous, and marshes.
    Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 24 Dec. 2024
  • This new image from the James Webb Space Telescope features the young star cluster NGC 602, surrounded by the varied clouds of a nebula, near the outskirts of the Small Magellanic Cloud, about 200,000 light-years from Earth.
    Alan Taylor, The Atlantic, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of surrounded
Verb
  • Against United, Adams understood his assignment and executed it very well.
    Felipe Cardenas, The Athletic, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Regardless, the coach understood this group’s never-surrender mindset.
    Ben Standig, The Athletic, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of understood
Verb
  • In both Hong Kong and Mainland China, high-yielding mega-capitalization stocks such as banks, energy, and insurance companies performed well as China’s Treasury bonds had a rare down day.
    Brendan Ahern, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
  • The famous Christmas song performed by Gene Autry was released in 1957.
    John Tufts, The Indianapolis Star, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of performed
Adjective
  • Philadelphia has less of an over tendency, with six of its 11 games going under the total.
    Bennett Conlin, Baltimore Sun, 27 Nov. 2024
  • Today’s work culture has an over reliance on manual information-sharing and a lack of documentation.
    Anu Bharadwaj, Fortune, 24 Sep. 2024
Definition of over
Verb
  • Against United, Adams understood his assignment and executed it very well.
    Felipe Cardenas, The Athletic, 24 Dec. 2024
  • No prisoners on federal death row were executed during Biden's presidency or vice presidency.
    Francesca Chambers, USA TODAY, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of executed
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