Compass and Development

Compass

Compass noun - A guiding or motivating purpose or principle.

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Development and compass are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Development" instead a noun "Compass".

Nearby Words: compassion, compassed, compassing

Development noun - The act or process of going from the simple or basic to the complex or advanced.

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Compass and development are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Compass" instead a noun "Development".

human	human compass	human development
nice	nice compass	nice development
best	best compass	best development
normal	normal compass	normal development
Other adjectives: natural, initial, genuine, strong, actual, real, social, moral, unique, major, different, said.

Are his feelings for Chuck clouding his moral compass, or is she instrumental in the development of his moral compass?

Source: Analysis / Pushing Daisies
A Doylist interpretation might be that the compass is a holdover from earlier in Halo's development when it was supposed to be less linear/episodic in its levels and more of an open-world experience; the compass may have been useful to players' navigation in the context of the original game design.

Source: Gun Accessories
Since then, she's never slapped him again, and went through a lot of Character Development to become the Doctor's moral compass.

Source: Never Live It Down / Live-Action TV

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