circumnavigate
Meaning
- (transitive) To travel completely around somewhere or something, especially by sail.
- (transitive) To circumvent or bypass.
- (intransitive) To sail around the world.
Synonyms
Translations
circumnavigare
circunnavegar
umsegeln
περιπλέω
circumnaviguer faire le tour de
circumnāvigō
omzeilen
etrafını dolaşmakPronounced as (IPA)
/ˌsə.kəmˈnæv.ɪ.ɡeɪt/
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin circumnāvigātus, perfect passive participle of circumnāvigō (“sail round something, circumnavigate”), from circum (“about, around”) + nāvigō (“sail, navigate”), from nāvis (“ship”) + agō (“do”). By surface analysis, circum- + navigate.
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