circumnavigate

[ sur-kuhm-nav-i-geyt ]

/ ˌsɜr kəmˈnæv ɪˌgeɪt /

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verb (used with object), cir·cum·nav·i·gat·ed, cir·cum·nav·i·gat·ing.

to sail or fly around; make the circuit of by navigation: to circumnavigate the earth.

to go or maneuver around: to circumnavigate the heavy downtown traffic.

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Origin of circumnavigate

1625–35; <Latin circumnāvigātus (past participle of circumnāvigāre), equivalent to circum-circum- + nāvigātus;see navigate

OTHER WORDS FROM circumnavigate

cir·cum·nav·i·ga·ble

[sur-kuhm-nav-i-guh-buhl], /ˌsɜr kəmˈnæv ɪ gə bəl/, adjectivecir·cum·nav·i·ga·tion, nouncir·cum·nav·i·ga·tor, nouncir·cum·nav·i·ga·to·ry

[sur-kuhm-nav-i-guh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee], /ˌsɜr kəmˈnæv ɪ gəˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i/, adjective

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How to use circumnavigate in a sentence

The intense heat of some infernos can propel this soot and ash to altitudes so high that it can circumnavigate the globe.
Can wildfires cool the climate?|Ellie Broadman|February 18, 2021|Science News For Students
The pretended circumnavigation of Africa by Eudoxus is referred to, as well as some geographical errors of Polybius.
The Geography of Strabo, Volume III (of 3)|Strabo
The haphazard general management is well illustrated by the only brilliant achievement of the war—the Anson circumnavigation.
Argentina|W. A. Hirst
By the union of these two parties, the circumnavigation of Lake Michigan had been completely made.
Summary Narrative of an Exploratory Expedition to the Sources of the Mississippi River, in 1820|Henry Rowe Schoolcraft

The expedition now began to move westward in its slow circumnavigation of the lake, and came at length to Muiwanda.
Stanley's Adventures in the Wilds of Africa|Joel Tyler Headley and William Fletcher Johnson
This was the first circumnavigation of the globe and demonstrated the grandeur of the discovery made by Columbus.
The Greater Republic|Charles Morris

British Dictionary definitions for circumnavigate

circumnavigate

/ (ˌsɜːkəmˈnævɪˌɡeɪt) /

verb

(tr) to sail or fly completely around

Derived forms of circumnavigate

circumnavigable, adjectivecircumnavigation, nouncircumnavigator, noun

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