circumnavigate

[US]/sɜːkəm'nævɪgeɪt/
[UK]/ˌsɝkəm'nævɪɡet/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vi. sail or travel all the way around (something, especially the world).
Word Forms
Past Tensecircumnavigated
Third Person Singularcircumnavigates
Present Participlecircumnavigating
Past Participlecircumnavigated
Pluralcircumnavigates

Example Sentences

circumnavigate the downtown traffic.

he helped her to circumnavigate a frozen puddle.

The ship will circumnavigate the globe.

It took Magellan three years to circumnavigate the Earth.

They plan to circumnavigate the lake by boat.

The aircraft will circumnavigate the storm to avoid turbulence.

The explorer aimed to circumnavigate the uncharted territory.

The marathon runner will circumnavigate the city streets.

The satellite will circumnavigate the planet to collect data.

They decided to circumnavigate the island on foot.

The cyclist will circumnavigate the country to raise awareness for charity.

The hikers aim to circumnavigate the mountain range in a week.

Real-world Examples

We circumnavigate them. You don't fly through thunderstorms.

Source: NPR News December 2014 Collection

Earthly kings whose business it is to circumnavigate the planet bestowed to us.

Source: Go blank axis version

With this information in mind, pilots can decide to circumnavigate turbulence, for example, by adjusting altitude.

Source: Connection Magazine

Captain de Langle, were sent by King Louis XVI of France on a voyage to circumnavigate the globe.

Source: Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Original Version)

It's a secret but Garth, my partner, he is doing the whole world without flying and... Circumnavigating the entire world.

Source: Emma's delicious English

Tour du Mont Blanc circumnavigates Europe's highest peak.

Source: Uncle Rich takes you on a trip to Europe.

Some are nearly circumnavigating the globe.

Source: Science Quickly, from Scientific American

We will circumnavigate the planet, that is fly around the world of Venus, not just once but up to five times.

Source: Encyclopedia of Nature

NASA plans to send it to circumnavigate the moon in 2018, while the first flight with astronauts is planned for 2021.

Source: VOA Standard December 2014 Collection

Without the first half, " Titanic" would never have circumnavigated the globe in the late 1990s.

Source: The Economist Culture

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