circumnavigate
circumnavigate
Definition
circum·navi·gate (-nav′ə gāt′)
transitive verb circumnavigated -·gat′ed, circumnavigating -·gat′·ing
to sail or fly around (the earth, an island, etc.)
Etymology: < L circumnavigatus, pp. of circumnavigare: see circum- & navigate
Related Forms:
- circumnavigation cir′cum·nav′i·ga′·tion noun
- circumnavigator cir′cum·nav′i·ga′·tor noun
circumnavigate
Usage Examples
Object
- globe: In the late 1990s, however, he failed twice to circumnavigate the globe by balloon.
- earth: Laid out in a line all those cigarettes would stretch over four million miles, and circumnavigate the earth 154 times.
- world: My first value was to circumnavigate the world for the pure beauty of nature.
- continent: He was the first known European to circumnavigate the continent.
Modifying Another Word
- single-handedly: In competing in these events he will become the first person with a disability to single-handedly circumnavigate the Globe non-stop.
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