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circumnavigate

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cir·cum·nav·i·gate  (sûrkm-nv-gt)
tr.v. cir·cum·nav·i·gat·ed, cir·cum·nav·i·gat·ing, cir·cum·nav·i·gates
1. To proceed completely around: circumnavigating the earth.
2. To go around; circumvent: circumnavigate the downtown traffic.

circum·navi·gation n.
circum·navi·gator n.

circumnavigate
Verb
[-gating, -gated] to sail, fly, or walk right around
circumnavigation n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.circumnavigate - travel around, either by plane or ship; "We compassed the earth"
circle - travel around something; "circle the globe"
Translations
circumnavigate
v circumnavigate [səːkəmˈnӕvigeit]
to sail round (especially the world). omseil يَطوفُ حَوْل пряжа обиколка obeplout sejle rundt om umschiffen περιπλέω circunnavegar ümber maakera purjetama دور جایی گشتن purjehtia jonkin ympäri autour de naviguer לְהַפלִיג סָבִיב परिनौचालन करना oploviti körülhajóz berkeliling sigla umhverfis (e-ð) circumnavigare 周航する 두루 항행하다, (세계를) 배로 일주하다 apiplaukti apbraukt apkārt (ar kuģi) belayar mengelilingi dunia omvaren seile (jorda) rundt okrążać, opływać circum-navegar a naviga în jurul (...) плавать вокруг oboplávať obpluti oploviti svet segla omkring ล่องเรือหรือบินไปรอบๆ çevresini/etrafını dolaşmak 環航(世界) плавати навколо чого, по колу کے گرد جہاز مین چکر لگانا đi vòng quanh thế giới bằng đường biển 世界
n circumˌnaviˈgation
omvaart طَوافٌ حَوْلَ، دَوران обиколно плаване obeplutí, cesta kolem světa omsejling; jordomsejling; verdensomsejling die Umsegelung περίπλους circunnavegación ümber maakera purjetamine دور زنی maailmanympäripurjehdus circumnavigation הַפלָגָה סָבִיב परिनौचालन oplovljavanje körülhajózás berlayar keliling sigling umhverfis circumnavigazione 周航 (배를 이용한) 세계 일주 apiplaukimas apbraukšana apkārt (ar kuģi) mengelilingi omvaart (jord)omseiling okrążenie circum-navegação navigaţie în jurul (...) кругосветное плавание oboplávanie obplutje plovidba oko sveta världsomsegling การล่องเรือหรือบินไปรอบๆ dünyanın etrafını dolaşma 環球航行 кругосвітне плавання sự đi vòng quanh thế giới bằng đường biển


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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.
(now Captain) Sulivan, to survey the eastern or inland coast of Chiloe; and with orders to meet the Beagle at the southern extremity of the island; to which point she would proceed by the outside, so as thus to circumnavigate the whole.
 
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