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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

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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.