Explore Compassed through 3 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Compassed meaning
simple past and past participle of compass
Using Compassed
- The main meaning on this page is: simple past and past participle of compass
Context around Compassed
- Average sentence length in these examples: 39.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 2 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 3 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Compassed
- In this selection, "compassed" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 39.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, last and ark stand out and add context to how "compassed" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include at last compassed their designs and should be compassed about so. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "compassed" sits close to words such as aaaaand, aaah and aacl, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with compassed
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Being very ignorant, very fearful, with very little judgement, it is easy to be seen she might mean well, being surrounded with so many artful people, who at last compassed their designs to her dishonour. (35 words)
It was recommended that when delivering a blow that at the end of it the back leg and foot should be compassed about so as to fall roughly into a line with the front foot and the point of the weapon. (41 words)
On the seventh day, the seven priests sounding the seven trumpets of rams' horns before the Ark compassed the city seven times and, with a great shout, Jericho's wall fell down flat and the people took the city (Josh. 6:16-20). (43 words)
On the seventh day, the seven priests sounding the seven trumpets of rams' horns before the Ark compassed the city seven times and, with a great shout, Jericho's wall fell down flat and the people took the city (Josh. 6:16-20). (43 words)
It was recommended that when delivering a blow that at the end of it the back leg and foot should be compassed about so as to fall roughly into a line with the front foot and the point of the weapon. (41 words)
Being very ignorant, very fearful, with very little judgement, it is easy to be seen she might mean well, being surrounded with so many artful people, who at last compassed their designs to her dishonour. (35 words)
Example sentences (3)
Being very ignorant, very fearful, with very little judgement, it is easy to be seen she might mean well, being surrounded with so many artful people, who at last compassed their designs to her dishonour.
It was recommended that when delivering a blow that at the end of it the back leg and foot should be compassed about so as to fall roughly into a line with the front foot and the point of the weapon.
On the seventh day, the seven priests sounding the seven trumpets of rams' horns before the Ark compassed the city seven times and, with a great shout, Jericho's wall fell down flat and the people took the city (Josh. 6:16-20).