Compass
Compass noun - A guiding or motivating purpose or principle.
Opening and compass are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Opening" instead a noun "Compass".
Nearby Words: compassion, compassed, compassing
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- The Golden Compass had a good 20 minutes conclusion filmed that got cut in order to serve as the opening of the next movie, which is unlikely ever to be produced.
Source: Deleted Scene - Oh, and the mod also removes the compass-map that you were so used to in the vanilla version, as well as other mods for this game; now you have to resort to opening up your PDA to check your map to find out where you actually are.
Source: Nintendo Hard / Game Mod
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Opening and Compass. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/compass/opening
Compass & Opening. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/compass/opening>.
Opening or Compass. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/compass/opening.
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