different between compass vs arena

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)

1. 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

2. 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

3. (music) The range of notes of a musical instrument or voice.
4. (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.
5. (obsolete) An enclosing limit; a boundary, a circumference.
6. 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.

7. (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.

8. (obsolete) A passing round; circuit; circuitous course.
   • 1611, King James Version, 2 Kings iii. 9

     They fetched a compass of seven days' journey.

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)

1. 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.
2. To go about or round entirely; to traverse.
3. (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.

4. (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.

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)

1. (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, […]

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

1. Alternative form of compas

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ar?na (“sand, arena”), from an earlier *has?na (compare Sabine fas?na), possibly from Etruscan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???i?n?/
• Rhymes: -i?n?

Noun

arena (plural arenas or arenae or arenæ)

1. An enclosed area, often outdoor, for the presentation of sporting events (sports arena) or other spectacular events; earthen area, often oval, specifically for rodeos (North America) or circular area for bullfights (especially Hispanic America).

2. The building housing such an area; specifically, a very large, often round building, often topped with a dome, designated for indoor sporting or other major events, such as concerts.

3. (historical) The sand-covered centre of an amphitheatre where contests were held in Ancient Rome.

4. A realm in which events take place; an area of interest, study, behaviour, etc.

Translations

Anagrams

• Aaren, Arean, Arnea, anear

Aragonese

Etymology

From Latin ar?na.

Noun

arena f (plural arenas)

1. sand

References

• Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002) , “arena”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, ?ISBN

Asturian

Alternative forms

• areña

Etymology

From Latin ar?na.

Noun

arena f (plural arenes)

1. sand

Derived terms

• reló d'arena

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin ar?na.

Noun

arena f (plural arenes)

1. sand

   Synonym: sorra

2. arena (an enclosed area for the presentation of sporting events)
3. arena (a realm in which important events unfold)

Further reading

• “arena” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “arena” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “arena” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “arena” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Galician

Etymology

From Latin ar?na. Doublet of area.

Noun

arena f (plural arenas)

1. arena (an enclosed area for the presentation of sporting events)

Further reading

• “arena” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

Italian

Alternative forms

• rena

Etymology

From Latin ar?na, possibly from Etruscan. See also rena.

Pronunciation

• (esp. in sense 1 and 2) IPA^(key): /a?re.na/
  • Hyphenation: a?ré?na
• (esp. in sense 3 and 4) IPA^(key): /a?r?.na/
  • Hyphenation: a?rè?na

Noun

arena f (plural arene)

1. sand

   Synonyms: sabbia, rena

2. beach or lido
3. space in a classical amphitheatre; arena
4. bullring and similar sporting spaces
5. cockpit (An enclosure for cockfights)

Related terms

• arenoso

References

Latin

Alternative forms

• har?na

Etymology

From an earlier *has?na (compare Sabine fas?na), possibly from Etruscan.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /a?re?.na/, [ä??e?nä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a?re.na/, [?????n?]

Noun

ar?na f (genitive ar?nae); first declension

1. Alternative form of har?na

Declension

First-declension noun.

Descendants

• Eastern Romance:
  • Aromanian: arinã
  • Romanian: arin?
• Italian: arena
• Neapolitan: arena
• Old French: areine
• Old Leonese:
  • Asturian: arena
• Old Occitan:
  • Catalan: arena
  • Occitan: arena
• Old Portuguese: ar?a
  • Galician: area
  • Portuguese: areia
    • Guinea-Bissau Creole: reia
    • Kabuverdianu: areia
• Old Spanish:
  • Spanish: arena
• Rhaeto-Romance:
  • Friulian: rene
• Sardinian: arena, rena
• Sicilian: arena, rina
• Venetian: rena

Borrowings

Noun

ar?na f

1. vocative singular of ar?na

Noun

ar?n? f

1. ablative singular of ar?na

References

• arena in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• arena in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• arena in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• arena in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Neapolitan

Etymology

From Latin ar?na.

Noun

arena f

1. sand

Northern Sami

Pronunciation

Etymology

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Noun

arena

1. arena

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino; Ruppel, Klaas; Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002-2008) Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages?^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin arena, harena.

Noun

arena m (definite singular arenaen, indefinite plural arenaer, definite plural arenaene)

1. an arena
2. a venue

References

• “arena” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin arena, harena

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??re?n?/

Noun

arena m (definite singular arenaen, indefinite plural arenaer or arenaar, definite plural arenaene or arenaane)

1. an arena
2. a venue

References

• “arena” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Etymology

From Latin ar?na, from an earlier *has?na, possibly from Etruscan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a?r?.na/

Noun

arena f

1. arena (enclosed area, often outdoor)
2. (historical) arena (sand-covered centre of an amphitheatre)
3. arena (realm in which important events unfold)

Declension

Derived terms

• (adjective) arenowy

Further reading

• arena in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• arena in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ar?na (“sand”), possibly from Etruscan *???????????????????????? (*hasena). See also the inherited doublet areia.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /?.??e.n?/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.??e.na/

Noun

arena f (plural arenas)

1. arena

Sardinian

Etymology

From Latin arena.

Noun

arena f

1. sand

Scots

Verb

arena

1. aren't

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ar??na/
• Hyphenation: a?re?na

Noun

aréna f (Cyrillic spelling ??????)

1. arena

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin ar?na, possibly of Etruscan origin. Compare English arena.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a??ena/, [a??e.na]
• Rhymes: -ena

Noun

arena f (plural arenas)

1. (geology) sand, gravel

2. (building, sports) bullfight arena; boxing ring

Derived terms

Related terms

• arenoso

Further reading

• “arena” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

Swedish

Noun

arena c

1. arena

Declension

Anagrams

• arean