circumnavigate

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.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌsə.kəmˈnæv.ɪ.ɡeɪt/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌsɝ.kəmˈnæv.ɪ.ɡeɪt/

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circumnavigate (third-person singular simple present circumnavigates, present participle circumnavigating, simple past and past participle circumnavigated)

1. (transitive) To travel completely around somewhere or something, especially by sail.

   Synonyms: compass, (obsolete) environ, go around, sail around

   We circumnavigated the Mediterranean.

   • 2016, Colson Whitehead, The Underground Railroad, Fleet, published 2017, page 50:

     On horses they circumnavigated the fields, comparing the progress of the harvest on the two halves.

2. (transitive) To circumvent or bypass.

   Synonym: go around

   • 2006 July 9, “Magic month of memories”, in Times of London‎:

     Rebel of the tournament: Saudi Arabia’s Malek Al Hawsawi, who circumnavigated Fifa’s ban on jewellery by keeping his ring in his mouth.

3. (intransitive, sailing) To sail around the world.
   • 1992, Richard Henderson, Singlehanded Sailing, →ISBN, page 225:

     Patrick Childress, who solo circumnavigated on a Catalina 27 in 1982, stresses the value of eggs, which will keep at least six weeks if previously unrefrigerated and oiled with vegetable shortening.

   • 1997, Diana Jessie, The Cruising Woman's Advisor‎, →ISBN, page 30:

     Jack and Lura Francis, both fairly tall, circumnavigated on a Westsail 32.

   • 2004 March 10, Edward Gorman, “Van den Heede rewarded for perseverance”, in Times of London‎:

     Chay Blyth was the first when he circumnavigated in British Steel in 292 days in 1970 in a voyage that some predicted would end in certain death.

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circumnavigate

1. inflection of circumnavigare:
   1. second-person plural present indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative

circumnavigate f pl

1. feminine plural of circumnavigato

circumnāvigāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of circumnāvigō