Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To proceed completely around.
- transitive verb To go around; circumvent.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To sail round; pass round by water: as, to
circumnavigate the globe.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To sail completely round.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive To
travel completelyaround somewhere or something, especially bysail . - verb transitive To
circumvent orbypass . - verb intransitive, sailing To sail around the
world .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb travel around, either by plane or ship
Etymologies
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Examples
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The record for the youngest person to circumnavigate is held by 17-year-old Mike Perham of Britain.
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3. Indirect free kick - trying to mess around with the laws of the game I believe the word used is "circumnavigate" a la Magellan
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So we want to circumnavigate the globe in the most tricked-out military gear, sticking our energy-sucking straw into every oil reserve we can buy or battle over, and not raise the funds necessary here at home to pay for that?
Alec Baldwin: It's Time To Suck It Up And Pay Our Bill Alec Baldwin 2011
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Lay out those mattresses end to end though, and they would stretch out over 25,000 miles -- enough to circumnavigate the globe.
Jennifer Grayson: Eco Etiquette: Used Mattresses - Icky Or Eco? Jennifer Grayson 2011
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So we want to circumnavigate the globe in the most tricked-out military gear, sticking our energy-sucking straw into every oil reserve we can buy or battle over, and not raise the funds necessary here at home to pay for that?
Alec Baldwin: It's Time To Suck It Up And Pay Our Bill Alec Baldwin 2011
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This ship charts a global course and will be among the choices for those who decide to circumnavigate the globe.
Anne Campbell: The 8 New Cruise Ships to Debut in 2010/11 Anne Campbell 2010
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This ship charts a global course and will be among the choices for those who decide to circumnavigate the globe.
Anne Campbell: The 8 New Cruise Ships to Debut in 2010/11 Anne Campbell 2010
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Lay out those mattresses end to end though, and they would stretch out over 25,000 miles -- enough to circumnavigate the globe.
Jennifer Grayson: Eco Etiquette: Used Mattresses - Icky Or Eco? Jennifer Grayson 2011
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Making a mental note that he would come back some time and study the class of persons that must sit and drink at those multitudinous tables, he proceeded to circumnavigate the room.
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Enough off-topic puns and invective, and one can get the entire thread to circumnavigate its original topic or purpose for being.
slumry commented on the word circumnavigate
navigate around
June 19, 2007
oroboros commented on the word circumnavigate
We tend to think of Magellan with this word but circumcision (q.v.) requires it too, in a way...
August 16, 2007