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cir·cum·nav·i·gate

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–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

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cir·cum·nav·i·ga·ble

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m-nav-i-guh-buh

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cir·cum·nav·i·ga·tion, noun

cir·cum·nav·i·ga·tor, noun

cir·cum·nav·i·ga·to·ry

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m-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

To proceed completely around: circumnavigating the earth.
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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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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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.

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