compassed
Surrounded on all
Compassed is the past tense of compass, an uncommon verb meaning to surround, encircle, or achieve.
The surrounding sense appears in older or literary contexts: The castle was compassed by a moat.
The achieving sense means to accomplish or bring about: She compassed her goals through persistence.
Both uses are rare in contemporary speech.
Surrounded on all sides
- surroundedBounded on all sides
- ringedEncircled by bands
- girdledEncircled or bound
- boundedConfined within limits
circumscribed · enveloped · wrapped · enclosed · hemmed · orbited · circled · belted
Directed one's course
- chartedRecorded systematically on diagram
- plottedSchemed or graphed
- steeredControlled direction of travel
- pilotedOperated an aircraft
traversed · voyaged · journeyed · sailed · oriented · directed · guided · coursed
encircled
Surrounded on all sides
- surroundedBounded on all sides
- ringedEncircled by bands
- girdledEncircled or bound
bounded · circumscribed · enveloped · wrapped · enclosed · hemmed · orbited · circled · belted · looped
navigated
Directed one's course
- chartedRecorded systematically on diagram
- plottedSchemed or graphed
- steeredControlled direction of travel
piloted · traversed · voyaged · journeyed · sailed · oriented · directed · guided · coursed · explored
achieved
Successfully completed a goal
- accomplishedHighly skilled, expert
- attainedSucceeded in reaching
- completedFully finished
fulfilled · realized · consummated · concluded · finished · executed · succeeded · reached · obtained · secured
embraced
Held someone warmly
cradled · hugged · grasped · included · contained · incorporated · gathered · taken in · welcomed · accepted
compassedfailed
Did not succeed
abandoned · unaccomplished · unachieved · forfeited · bungled
- moral compassInner ethical guidance system
- compass pointNamed navigational direction
- compass directionsFour main orientations
- compass needleMagnetized directional indicator
- compass roseCartographic direction indicator
- moral compassesInternal ethical guidance systems