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compass
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: k?m?p?s, IPA(key): /?k?m.p?s/
- Rhymes: -?mp?s
Etymology 1
From Middle English compas (“a circle, circuit, limit, form, a mathematical instrument”), from Old French compas, from Medieval Latin compassus (“a circle, a circuit”), from Latin com- (“together”) + passus (“a pace, step, later a pass, way, route”); see pass, pace.
Noun
compass (plural compasses)
- A magnetic or electronic device used to determine the cardinal directions (usually magnetic or true north).
- 1689/1690, John Locke, On improvement of understanding
- He that [...] first discovered the use of the compass [...] did more for the propagation of knowledge [...] than those who built workhouses.
- 1890, Wilhelm Westhofen, The Forth Bridge
- a glance at his compass would have shown him that a northerly course instead of an easterly could not be right
- 1689/1690, John Locke, On improvement of understanding
- A pair of compasses (a device used to draw an arc or circle).
- 1701, Jonathan Swift, A Discourse of the Contests and Dissensions between the Nobles and the Commons in Athens and Rome, Chapter 5
- to fix one foot of their compass wherever they please
- 1701, Jonathan Swift, A Discourse of the Contests and Dissensions between the Nobles and the Commons in Athens and Rome, Chapter 5
- (music) The range of notes of a musical instrument or voice.
- (obsolete) A space within limits; an area.
- 1763, M. Le Page Du Pratz, History of Louisiana (PG), page 47:
- In going up the Missisippi [sic], we meet with nothing remarkable before we come to the Detour aux Anglois, the English Reach: in that part the river takes a large compass.
- 1711, Joseph Addison, The Spectator
- Animals, in their generation, are wiser than the sons of men but their wisdom is confined to a few particulars, and lies in a very narrow compass.
- 1913, D.H. Lawrence, Sons and Lovers, chapter 14
- Clara thought she had never seen him look so small and mean. He was as if trying to get himself into the smallest possible compass.
- 1763, M. Le Page Du Pratz, History of Louisiana (PG), page 47:
- (obsolete) An enclosing limit; a boundary, a circumference.
- Moderate bounds, limits of truth; moderation; due limits; used with within.
- c. 1610, John Davies, Historical Tracts
- In two hundred years before (I speak within compass), no such commission had been executed.
- c. 1610, John Davies, Historical Tracts
- (archaic) scope.
- 1814, William Wordsworth, The Excursion Book 8
- the compass of his argument
- 1748, David Hume, Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral, Oxford University Press (1973), section 8:
- There is a truth and falsehood in all propositions on this subject, and a truth and falsehood, which lie not beyond the compass of human understanding.
- 1844, Edgar Allan Poe, Marginalia
- How very commonly we hear it remarked that such and such thoughts are beyond the compass of words! I do not believe that any thought, properly so called, is out of the reach of language.
- 1814, William Wordsworth, The Excursion Book 8
- (obsolete) A passing round; circuit; circuitous course.
- 1611, King James Version, 2 Kings iii. 9
- They fetched a compass of seven days' journey.
- 1611, King James Version, 2 Kings iii. 9
Synonyms
- (magnetic direction finder): magnetic compass
- (device used to draw circular curves): pair of compasses
Hyponyms
- (pair of compasses): beam compass
Derived terms
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English compassen (“to go around, make a circuit, draw a circle, contrive, intend”), from Old French compasser; from the noun; see compass as a noun.
Verb
compass (third-person singular simple present compasses, present participle compassing, simple past and past participle compassed)
- To surround; to encircle; to environ; to stretch round.
- 1610, The Tempest, by William Shakespeare, act 5 scene 1
- Now all the blessings
- Of a glad father compass thee about!
- And the name of the second river is Gihon: the same is it that compasseth the whole land of Ethiopia.
- 1610, The Tempest, by William Shakespeare, act 5 scene 1
- To go about or round entirely; to traverse.
- (dated) To accomplish; to reach; to achieve; to obtain.
- 1763, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Emilius; or, an essay on education, translated by M. Nugent, page 117:
- [...] they never find ways sufficient to compass that end.
- 1816, Catholicon: or, the Christian Philosopher, volume 3, from July to December 1816, page 56:
- [...] to settle the end of our action or disputation; and then to take fit and effectual means to compass that end.
- 1921 November 23, The New Republic, volume 28, number 364, page 2:
- The immediate problem is how to compass that end: by the seizure of territory or by the cultivation of the goodwill of the people whose business she seeks.
- 1763, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Emilius; or, an essay on education, translated by M. Nugent, page 117:
- (dated) To plot; to scheme (against someone).
- 1600, The Arraignment and Judgement of Captain Thomas Lee, published in 1809, by R. Bagshaw, in Cobbett's Complete Collection of State Trials, volume 1, page 1403–04:
- That he plotted and compassed to raise Sedition and Rebellion [...]
- 1794 November 1, Speech of Mr. Erskine in Behalf of Hardy, published in 1884, by Chauncey Allen Goodrich, in Select British Eloquence, page 719:
- But it went beyond it by the loose construction of compassing to depose the King, [...]
- 1915, The Wireless Age, volume 2, page 580:
- The Bavarian felt a mad wave of desire for her sweep over him. What scheme wouldn't he compass to mould that girl to his wishes.
- 1600, The Arraignment and Judgement of Captain Thomas Lee, published in 1809, by R. Bagshaw, in Cobbett's Complete Collection of State Trials, volume 1, page 1403–04:
Synonyms
- (surround): encircle, environ, surround
- (go about or around entirely): cover, traverse
- (accomplish): accomplish, achieve, attain, gain, get to, reach
- (plot (against someone)): conspire, plot, scheme
Translations
Adverb
compass (comparative more compass, superlative most compass)
- (obsolete) In a circuit; round about.
- 1658, Thomas Browne, Urne-Burial,[1] Penguin (2005), ?ISBN, page 9:
- Near the same plot of ground, for about six yards compasse were digged up coals and incinerated substances, […]
- 1658, Thomas Browne, Urne-Burial,[1] Penguin (2005), ?ISBN, page 9:
References
- compass in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- compass in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Middle English
Noun
compass
- Alternative form of compas
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province
English
Etymology
From Middle English provynce, from Anglo-Norman province, Middle French province, from Latin pr?vincia (“territory brought under Roman domination; official duty, office, charge, province”), from Proto-Indo-European *pr?w- (“right judge, master”). Cognate with Gothic ???????????????????????? (frauja, “lord, master”), Old English fr?a (“ruler, lord, king, master”). See also frow.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?p??v?ns/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?p??v?ns/
Noun
province (plural provinces)
- A region of the earth or of a continent; a district or country. [from 14th c.]
- 1859, Charles Darwin, The Origin of Species:
- We should find, as we do find, some groups of beings greatly, and some only slightly modified […] in the different great geographical provinces of the world.
- 1859, Charles Darwin, The Origin of Species:
- An administrative subdivision of certain countries, including Canada and China. [from 14th c.]
- 2016, The Guardian, 4 May:
- All of Fort McMurray, with the exception of Parson’s Creek, was under a mandatory evacuation order on Tuesday, said Robin Smith, press secretary for the regional municipality of Wood Buffalo in the Canadian province [of Alberta].
- 2016, The Guardian, 4 May:
- (Roman history) An area outside Italy which is administered by a Roman governor. [from 14th c.]
- 2008, Mark Brown, The Guardian, 28 November:
- He reminded his audience of events in 88BC, when the same Mithridates invaded the Roman province of Asia, on the western coast of Turkey.
- 2008, Mark Brown, The Guardian, 28 November:
- (Christianity) An area under the jurisdiction of an archbishop, typically comprising a number of adjacent dioceses. [from 14th c.]
- 1838, The Churchman, p. 44:
- In 1309, neither the Archbishop of Canterbury nor his suffragans would attend in Parliament while the Archbishop of York had the cross borne erect before him in the province of Canterbury.
- 1838, The Churchman, p. 44:
- (Roman Catholicism) An area under the jurisdiction of a provincial within a monastic order.
- (in the plural, chiefly with definite article) The parts of a country outside its capital city. [from 17th c.]
- 1937, The Guardian, 1 April:
- To-day the first part of the new Indian Constitution comes into force with the granting of a large measure of autonomy to the provinces.
- 1937, The Guardian, 1 April:
- An area of activity, responsibility or knowledge; the proper concern of a particular person or concept. [from 17th c.]
- 1984, Dorothee Sölle, The Strength of the Weak: Toward a Christian Feminist Identity, page 37:
- Just as money is the province of the economy and truth the province of science and scholarship, so love is the province of the family (Niklas Luhmann).
- 1984, Dorothee Sölle, The Strength of the Weak: Toward a Christian Feminist Identity, page 37:
Usage notes
Province is the generic English term for such primary divisions of a country, but is not used where another official term has widespread use, such as France's regions and departments, Switzerland's cantons, or America's and Australia's states. Territories and colonies are sometimes distinguished from provinces as unorganized areas of low or foreign population, which are not considered an integral part of the country. Sovereign subdivisions of a larger whole, such as the principalities of the former Holy Roman Empire or the countries with the European Union, are likewise not usually described as provinces.
Synonyms
- (principal subdivision of a state): circuit, tao, dao, route, lu (imperial and early Republican China)
Coordinate terms
- canton (Swiss); county (British); department (French); oblast (Russian); state (USA, Australian); voivodeship (Poland)
- shire
- territory
Derived terms
- provincehood
- Provincetown
- provincewide
Related terms
- provincial
Descendants
- Tok Pisin: provins
Translations
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin pr?vincia. Doublet of Provence.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /p??.v??s/
Noun
province f (plural provinces)
- province
- the countryside (of France), the French regions (other than the Parisian region), provincial France
Related terms
- provincial
Further reading
- “province” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Italian
Noun
province f pl
- plural of provincia
Synonyms
- provincie
Middle English
Noun
province
- Alternative form of provynce
Middle French
Noun
province f (plural provinces)
- province (subdivision of a territory)
Descendants
- French: province
- ? Middle English: provynce, provynse, province, provyns
- English: province
- Tok Pisin: provins
- Scots: province
- English: province
References
- province on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)
Old French
Alternative forms
- provinz, pruvince
Noun
province f (oblique plural provinces, nominative singular province, nominative plural provinces)
- province (subdivision of a territory)
Descendants
- Middle French: province
- French: province
- ? Middle English: provynce, provynse, province, provyns
- English: province
- Tok Pisin: provins
- Scots: province
- English: province
- Norman: provînche, provinche
References
- province on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (province, supplement)
Walloon
Noun
province f (plural provinces)
- province
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