circumnavigate en · VERB
Pronunciation
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin circumnāvigātus, perfect passive participle of circumnāvigō (“sail round something, circumnavigate”), from circum (“about, around”) + nāvigō (“sail, navigate”), from nāvis (“ship”) + agō (“do”). By surface analysis, circum- + navigate.
Meanings
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(transitive) To travel completely around somewhere or something (especially the Globe), especially by sail.
On horses they circumnavigated the fields, comparing the progress of the harvest on the two halves.
2016, Colson Whitehead, The Underground Railroad, Fleet, published 2017, page 50:One of the things making the trip possible is Rutherford’s microlight aircraft. Microlights are small one or two-seat planes used for leisure or personal transport. If she completes her trip, Rutherford will also claim the record for the youngest person to circumnavigate the world solo in a microlight aircraft.
2021 August 18, Rebecca Cairns, “This teenage aviator hopes to be the youngest woman to fly solo around the world”, in CNN, archived from the original on 13 Feb 2022:We circumnavigated the Mediterranean.
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(transitive) To circumvent or bypass.
Rebel of the tournament: Saudi Arabia’s Malek Al Hawsawi, who circumnavigated Fifa’s ban on jewellery by keeping his ring in his mouth.
2006 July 9, “Magic month of memories”, in Times of London:
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(intransitive) To sail around the world.
Chay Blyth was the first when he circumnavigated in British Steel in 292 days in 1970 in a voyage that some predicted would end in certain death.
2004 March 10, Edward Gorman, “Van den Heede rewarded for perseverance”, in Times of London:Jack and Lura Francis, both fairly tall, circumnavigated on a Westsail 32.
1997, Diana Jessie, The Cruising Woman's Advisor, →ISBN, page 30:Patrick Childress, who solo circumnavigated on a Catalina 27 in 1982, stresses the value of eggs, which will keep at least six weeks if previously unrefrigerated and oiled with vegetable shortening.
1992, Richard Henderson, Singlehanded Sailing, →ISBN, page 225:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| circumnavigated | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| circumnavigated | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| circumnavigates | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| circumnavigating | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |
Coordinates
circumaviate · circumambulate · circumscribe
Deriveds
circumnavigatory · uncircumnavigated
Hypernyms
go around · encircle · navigate
Relateds
navigate · circumnavigator · circumnavigation
Synonyms
Translations (34)
fi ohittaa (to circumvent or bypass) · es circunnavegar (to sail completely around something) · de umgehen (to circumvent or bypass) · de umfahren (to sail completely around something) · gd iom-sheòl (to sail completely around something) · cs obejít (to circumvent or bypass) · fi purjehtia jonkin ympäri (to sail completely around something) · mi taiāwhio (to sail completely around something) · cs obeplout (to sail completely around something) · es bojear (to sail completely around something) · pl ominąć (to circumvent or bypass) · pl opływać świat (to sail around the world) · hu hajóval megkerül (to sail completely around something) · de umschiffen (to sail completely around something) · es bojar (to sail completely around something) · ang ymblīþan (to sail completely around something) · it circumnavigare (to sail completely around something) · fi kiertää (to circumvent or bypass) · no seile rundt (to sail completely around something) · de die Welt umsegeln (to sail around the world) · de umsegeln (to sail completely around something) · fi purjehtia maailman ympäri (to sail around the world) · la circumnāvigō (to sail completely around something) · ca circumnavegar (to sail completely around something) · de umschiffen (to circumvent or bypass) · pl opływać dookoła (to sail completely around something) · es circunnavegar (to sail around the world) · pl opłynąć dookoła (to sail completely around something) · hu körbehajóz (to sail completely around something) · fr circumnaviguer (to sail completely around something) · pl opłynąć świat (to sail around the world) · hu megkerül (to circumvent or bypass) · pl omijać (to circumvent or bypass) · pt circum-navegar (to sail completely around something)