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US
/ˌsɝkəmˈnævəˌɡeɪt/
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[ UK /sˌɜːkəmnˈævɪɡˌeɪt/ ]
[ UK /sˌɜːkəmnˈævɪɡˌeɪt/ ]
VERB
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travel around, either by plane or ship
We compassed the earth
How To Use circumnavigate In A Sentence
- They circumnavigated the danger zone and speeded along.
- Except for the gym which I have joined to circumnavigate both my bung shin (which is getting less bung I'm pleased to report) and winter.
- They were due to board boats made available by the Circle Line, whose vessels normally circumnavigate Manhattan island packed with tourists.
- Having time to spare before the meeting, Alizome circumnavigated the house. Star Trek: Typhon Pact: Rough Beasts of Empire
- Just 50 metres in diameter, the bommie could easily be circumnavigated several times.
- You have just become the first solo yachtswoman to circumnavigate the globe non-stop, the wrong way round. Times, Sunday Times
- From 1577 to 1580, Drake circumnavigated the world.
- It was in the myth that they circumnavigated Malaita twice, and forayed as far as CHAPTER XI
- Ellen MacArthur's bid to circumnavigate the globe in record time received a cruel setback when her mast was damaged.
- Enough off-topic puns and invective, and one can get the entire thread to circumnavigate its original topic or purpose for being. Matthew Yglesias » The Low Bar