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
Over the past two weeks, I have circumnavigated the globe by land, air and sea.
From Scientific American ● Jul. 5, 2023
Was it possible, they wondered, that they were seeing the Milky Way and M31 from the other direction—like seeing the back of your head with light that has circumnavigated the universe?
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
