Meaning

3 senses

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

    We circumnavigated the Mediterranean.

    umsegeln, umschiffen, umfahren

    travel around, either by plane or ship

  2. (transitive)To circumvent or bypass.

    umschiffen, umgehen

  3. (intransitive)To sail around the world.

    die Welt umsegeln

Translations

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By meaning 3
to sail completely around something:
to circumvent or bypass:
to sail around the world:

Origin

Borrowed from Latin circumnāvigātus, perfect passive participle of circumnāvigō (“sail rou

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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Forms

circumnavigates, circumnavigating, circumnavigated, circumnavigated
Base formcircumnavigate · to circumnavigate
3rd person singularcircumnavigates
Present participlecircumnavigating
Past simplecircumnavigated
Past participlecircumnavigated

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theycircumnavigate
he, she, itcircumnavigates

Past simpleLesson

all personscircumnavigated

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave circumnavigated
he, she, ithas circumnavigated

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill circumnavigate

Synonyms

3 synonyms
compassenvirongo around
Close in meaning
  • travel around, either by plane or ship:compass

Word family

5 related words
RelatedcircumnavigationC2navigateB2circumnavigator
Derivedcircumnavigatoryuncircumnavigated

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
circumcisecircumcisioncircumferencecircumpolarcircumscribecircumstanceB2
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