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cir·cum·nav·i·gate    Audio Help   [sur-kuhm-nav-i-geyt] Pronunciation Key
–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]

cir·cum·nav·i·ga·ble    Audio Help   [sur-kuhm-nav-i-guh-buhl] Pronunciation Key, adjective
cir·cum·nav·i·ga·tion, noun
cir·cum·nav·i·ga·tor, noun
cir·cum·nav·i·ga·to·ry    Audio Help   [sur-kuhm-nav-i-guh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] Pronunciation Key, adjective
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cir·cum·nav·i·gate    Audio Help   (sûr'kəm-nāv'ĭ-gāt')  Pronunciation Key 
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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circumnavigate

verb
travel around, either by plane or ship; "We compassed the earth" 

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Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
circumnavigate [səːkəmˈnӕvigeit] verb
to sail round (especially the world)
Arabic: يَطوفُ حَوْل
Chinese (Simplified): 环航(世界)
Chinese (Traditional): 環航(世界)
Czech: obeplout
Danish: sejle rundt om
Dutch: omvaren
Estonian: ümber maakera purjetama
Finnish: purjehtia jonkin ympäri
French: naviguer autour de
German: umschiffen
Greek: περιπλέω
Hungarian: körülhajóz
Icelandic: sigla umhverfis (e-ð)
Indonesian: berkeliling
Italian: circumnavigare
Japanese: 周航する
Korean: 두루 항행하다, (세계를) 배로 일주하다
Latvian: apbraukt apkārt (ar kuģi)
Lithuanian: apiplaukti
Norwegian: seile (jorda) rundt
Polish: okrążać, opływać
Portuguese (Brazil): circunavegar
Portuguese (Portugal): circum-navegar
Romanian: a naviga în jurul (…)
Russian: плавать вокруг
Slovak: oboplávať
Slovenian: obpluti
Spanish: circunnavegar
Swedish: segla omkring
Turkish: çevresini, *etrafını dolaşmak
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Circumnavigate

Cir`cum*nav"i*gate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Circumnavigated; p. pr. & vb. n. Circumnavigating.] [L. circumnavigatus, p. p. of circumnavigare to sail round; circum + navigare to navigate.] To sail completely round.

Having circumnavigated the whole earth. --T. Fuller.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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