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circumnavigate

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cir⋅cum⋅nav⋅i⋅gate

  [sur-kuhm-nav-i-geyt]
Use circumnavigate in a Sentence
–verb (used with object), -gat⋅ed, -gat⋅ing.
1. to sail or fly around; make the circuit of by navigation: to circumnavigate the earth.
2. to go or maneuver around: to circumnavigate the heavy downtown traffic.
Origin:
1625–35; < L circumnāvigātus (ptp. of circumnāvigāre), equiv. to circum- circum- + nāvigātus; see navigate

Related forms:
cir⋅cum⋅nav⋅i⋅ga⋅ble  [sur-kuhm-nav-i-guh-buhl] , adjective
cir⋅cum⋅nav⋅i⋅ga⋅tion, noun
cir⋅cum⋅nav⋅i⋅ga⋅tor, noun
cir⋅cum⋅nav⋅i⋅ga⋅to⋅ry  [sur-kuhm-nav-i-guh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] , adjective
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cir·cum·nav·i·gate   (sûr'kəm-nāv'ĭ-gāt')   
tr.v.   cir·cum·nav·i·gat·ed, cir·cum·nav·i·gat·ing, cir·cum·nav·i·gates

  1. To proceed completely around: circumnavigating the earth.

  2. To go around; circumvent: circumnavigate the downtown traffic.

cir'cum·nav'i·ga'tion n., cir'cum·nav'i·ga'tor n.
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