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Compass

A passing round; circuit; circuitous course.

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Broader term 10

Accomplish 76% connected

To complete, as time or distance.

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Achieve 76% connected

To carry on to a final close; to bring out into a perfected state; to accomplish; to perform; -- as, to achieve a feat, an exploit, an enterprise.

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Attain 76% connected

To achieve or accomplish, that is, to reach by efforts; to gain; to compass; as, to attain rest.

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Capability 76% connected

The quality of being capable; capacity; capableness; esp. intellectual power or ability.

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Capableness 76% connected

The quality or state of being capable; capability; adequateness; competency.

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Circle 76% connected

A plane figure, bounded by a single curve line called its circumference, every part of which is equally distant from a point within it, called the ce…

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Extent 76% connected

Extended.

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Potentiality 76% connected

The quality or state of being potential; possibility, not actuality; inherent capability or disposition, not actually exhibited.

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Reach 76% connected

To retch.

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Understand 76% connected

To have just and adequate ideas of; to apprehended the meaning or intention of; to have knowledge of; to comprehend; to know; as, to understand a pro…

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Contrast 76% connected

To stand in opposition; to exhibit difference, unlikeness, or opposition of qualities.

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Expanse 76% connected

That which is expanded or spread out; a wide extent of space or body; especially, the arch of the sky.

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Gamut 76% connected

The scale.

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Horizon 76% connected

The circle which bounds that part of the earth's surface visible to a spectator from a given point; the apparent junction of the earth and sky.

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Internationalism 76% connected

The state or principles of international interests and intercourse.

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Ken 76% connected

A house; esp., one which is a resort for thieves.

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Latitude 76% connected

Extent from side to side, or distance sidewise from a given point or line; breadth; width.

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Palette 76% connected

A thin, oval or square board, or tablet, with a thumb hole at one end for holding it, on which a painter lays and mixes his pigments.

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Pallet 76% connected

A small and mean bed; a bed of straw.

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Purview 76% connected

The body of a statute, or that part which begins with " Be it enacted, " as distinguished from the preamble.

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Sight 76% connected

The act of seeing; perception of objects by the eye; view; as, to gain sight of land.

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Spectrum 76% connected

An apparition; a specter.

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Sweep 76% connected

To pass a broom across (a surface) so as to remove loose dirt, dust, etc.; to brush, or rub over, with a broom for the purpose of cleaning; as, to sw…

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View 76% connected

The act of seeing or beholding; sight; look; survey; examination by the eye; inspection.

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Manner of action 4

Digest 76% connected

To distribute or arrange methodically; to work over and classify; to reduce to portions for ready use or application; as, to digest the laws, etc.

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Figure 76% connected

The form of anything; shape; outline; appearance.

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Tumble 76% connected

To roll over, or to and fro; to throw one's self about; as, a person on pain tumbles and tosses.

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Twig 76% connected

To twitch; to pull; to tweak.

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Range 74% connected

To set in a row, or in rows; to place in a regular line or lines, or in ranks; to dispose in the proper order; to rank; as, to range soldiers in line.

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Range 74% connected

To set in a row, or in rows; to place in a regular line or lines, or in ranks; to dispose in the proper order; to rank; as, to range soldiers in line.

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Synonym 10

Ambit 92% connected

Circuit or compass.

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Apprehend 92% connected

To take or seize; to take hold of.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Circumnavigate 92% connected

To sail completely round.

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Comprehend 92% connected

To contain; to embrace; to include; as, the states comprehended in the Austrian Empire.

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Dig 92% connected

To turn up, or delve in, (earth) with a spade or a hoe; to open, loosen, or break up (the soil) with a spade, or other sharp instrument; to pierce, o…

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Grasp 92% connected

To seize and hold by clasping or embracing with the fingers or arms; to catch to take possession of.

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Orbit 92% connected

The path described by a heavenly body in its periodical revolution around another body; as, the orbit of Jupiter, of the earth, of the moon.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Range 92% connected

To set in a row, or in rows; to place in a regular line or lines, or in ranks; to dispose in the proper order; to rank; as, to range soldiers in line.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Reach 92% connected

To retch.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Scope 92% connected

That at which one aims; the thing or end to which the mind directs its view; that which is purposed to be reached or accomplished; hence, ultimate de…

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