Meaning

(transitive) To travel completely around somewhere or something, especially by sail..

Definitions by Sense

1. (transitive) To travel completely around somewhere or something, especially by sail.
2. (transitive) To circumvent or bypass.
3. (intransitive, sailing) To sail around the world.

Example Sentences

We circumnavigated the Mediterranean.

On horses they circumnavigated the fields, comparing the progress of the harvest on the two halves.

Rebel of the tournament: Saudi Arabia’s Malek Al Hawsawi, who circumnavigated Fifa’s ban on jewellery by keeping his ring in his mouth.

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.

Jack and Lura Francis, both fairly tall, circumnavigated on a Westsail 32.

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.

Word Forms

• circumnavigates
• circumnavigating
• circumnavigated

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When Should You Use Circumnavigate?

Use circumnavigate when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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