circumnavigate
verb (used with object)
to sail or fly around; make the circuit of by navigation.
circumnavigated
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past participleof circumnavigate.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof circumnavigate.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
circumnavigateverb (used with object)to sail or fly around; make the circuit of by navigation.
Example Sentences
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They dropped anchor off the coast of Shanghai on Dec. 3, having circumnavigated the globe.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 28, 2025
Ferdinand Magellan may have circumnavigated the globe, but he was not an expert on where he was going as he embarked upon the journey.
From Slate ● Jan. 14, 2024
Frodo, on the other hand, circumnavigated the entire North Pacific—and, as Ransome would discover, he’s not alone.
From National Geographic ● Sep. 28, 2023
He said the Chinese balloons were "specially designed for these long-range missions" and some had "apparently circumnavigated the globe".
From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2023
Four hundred years before Eratosthenes, Africa had been circumnavigated by a Phoenician fleet in the employ of the Egyptian Pharaoh Necho.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
