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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD CIRCUMAMBULATE

From Late Latin circum- + ambulāre to walk.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF CIRCUMAMBULATE

circumambulate  [ˌsɜːkəmˈæmbjʊˌleɪt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CIRCUMAMBULATE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Circumambulate is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb circumambulate in English.

WHAT DOES CIRCUMAMBULATE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of circumambulate in the English dictionary

The definition of circumambulate in the dictionary is to walk around. Other definition of circumambulate is to avoid the point.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO CIRCUMAMBULATE

PRESENT

Present
I circumambulate
you circumambulate
he/she/it circumambulates
we circumambulate
you circumambulate
they circumambulate
Present continuous
I am circumambulating
you are circumambulating
he/she/it is circumambulating
we are circumambulating
you are circumambulating
they are circumambulating
Present perfect
I have circumambulated
you have circumambulated
he/she/it has circumambulated
we have circumambulated
you have circumambulated
they have circumambulated
Present perfect continuous
I have been circumambulating
you have been circumambulating
he/she/it has been circumambulating
we have been circumambulating
you have been circumambulating
they have been circumambulating
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I circumambulated
you circumambulated
he/she/it circumambulated
we circumambulated
you circumambulated
they circumambulated
Past continuous
I was circumambulating
you were circumambulating
he/she/it was circumambulating
we were circumambulating
you were circumambulating
they were circumambulating
Past perfect
I had circumambulated
you had circumambulated
he/she/it had circumambulated
we had circumambulated
you had circumambulated
they had circumambulated
Past perfect continuous
I had been circumambulating
you had been circumambulating
he/she/it had been circumambulating
we had been circumambulating
you had been circumambulating
they had been circumambulating
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will circumambulate
you will circumambulate
he/she/it will circumambulate
we will circumambulate
you will circumambulate
they will circumambulate
Future continuous
I will be circumambulating
you will be circumambulating
he/she/it will be circumambulating
we will be circumambulating
you will be circumambulating
they will be circumambulating
Future perfect
I will have circumambulated
you will have circumambulated
he/she/it will have circumambulated
we will have circumambulated
you will have circumambulated
they will have circumambulated
Future perfect continuous
I will have been circumambulating
you will have been circumambulating
he/she/it will have been circumambulating
we will have been circumambulating
you will have been circumambulating
they will have been circumambulating
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would circumambulate
you would circumambulate
he/she/it would circumambulate
we would circumambulate
you would circumambulate
they would circumambulate
Conditional continuous
I would be circumambulating
you would be circumambulating
he/she/it would be circumambulating
we would be circumambulating
you would be circumambulating
they would be circumambulating
Conditional perfect
I would have circumambulate
you would have circumambulate
he/she/it would have circumambulate
we would have circumambulate
you would have circumambulate
they would have circumambulate
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been circumambulating
you would have been circumambulating
he/she/it would have been circumambulating
we would have been circumambulating
you would have been circumambulating
they would have been circumambulating
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you circumambulate
we let´s circumambulate
you circumambulate
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to circumambulate
Past participle
circumambulated
Present Participle
circumambulating
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CIRCUMAMBULATE


accumulate
əˈkjuːmjʊˌleɪt
calculate
ˈkælkjʊˌleɪt
circulate
ˈsɜːkjʊˌleɪt
coagulate
kəʊˈæɡjʊˌleɪt
congratulate
kənˈɡrætjʊˌleɪt
cumulate
ˈkjuːmjʊˌleɪt
ejaculate
ɪˈdʒækjʊˌleɪt
emulate
ˈɛmjʊˌleɪt
formulate
ˈfɔːmjʊˌleɪt
insulate
ˈɪnsjʊˌleɪt
manipulate
məˈnɪpjʊˌleɪt
modulate
ˈmɒdjʊˌleɪt
populate
ˈpɒpjʊˌleɪt
postulate
ˈpɒstjʊˌleɪt
reformulate
riːˈfɔːmjʊˌleɪt
regulate
ˈrɛɡjʊˌleɪt
simulate
ˈsɪmjʊˌleɪt
speculate
ˈspɛkjʊˌleɪt
stimulate
ˈstɪmjʊˌleɪt
stipulate
ˈstɪpjʊˌleɪt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CIRCUMAMBULATE

circumambages
circumambagious
circumambience
circumambiency
circumambient
circumambiently
circumambulation
circumambulator
circumambulatory
circumbendibus
circumcenter
circumcentre
circumcircle
circumcise
circumciser
circumcision
circumduce
circumduct
circumduction
circumductory

WORDS THAT END LIKE CIRCUMAMBULATE

absquatulate
articulate
chocolate
consulate
copulate
demodulate
depopulate
deregulate
emasculate
geniculate
immaculate
matriculate
ovulate
particulate
recalculate
recirculate
repopulate
reticulate
triangulate
undulate
ungulate

Synonyms and antonyms of circumambulate in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «circumambulate» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CIRCUMAMBULATE

Find out the translation of circumambulate to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of circumambulate from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «circumambulate» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

绕行
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

circunvalar
570 millions of speakers

English

circumambulate
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

चक्कर लगना
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الطواف
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

обходят
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

circungirem
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

চারিদিকে হাঁটা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

circumambulate
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Mengelilingi
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

umrunden
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

歩き回る
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

다니다
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ngliwati
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đi chung quanh
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சுற்றி நட
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

प्रेत पाडणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

çevresini yürümek
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

circumambulate
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

okrążać
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

обходять
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

înconjura
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

circumambulate
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

rond
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

circumambulate
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

circumambulate
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of circumambulate

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CIRCUMAMBULATE»

The term «circumambulate» is normally little used and occupies the 127.079 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CIRCUMAMBULATE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «circumambulate» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «circumambulate» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about circumambulate

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CIRCUMAMBULATE»

Discover the use of circumambulate in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to circumambulate and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Three Methods of Merit Accumulation
Thailand, many people do not know about circumambulating stupas at all, some people even circumambulate counter-clockwise. At that time I really couldn't bear the fact that even these merits documented in Buddhist scriptures are ignored in ...
Khenpo Sodargye
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Sahih Muslim
Book 007, Number 2924: Hisham b. 'Urwa narrated on the authority of his father who reported: I said to 'A'isha: I do not see any harm to me if I do not circumambulate betweez alSafa' and alMarwa. She said: On what grounddo you sayso?
ʻAbdul Ḥamīd Ṣiddīqī, 1976
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muslim
biha) [" There is no harm for him if he does not circumambulate between them']. Do you know in what context (this verse was revealed)? (It was revealed in this context) that the Ansar in the Days of Ignorance pronounced the Talbiya for two ...
IslamKotob
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Sahih Muslim: Being Traditions of the Sayings and Doings of ...
biha) [" There is no harm for him if he does not circumambulate between them']. Do you know in what context (this verse was revealed)? (It was revealed in this context) that the Ansar in the Days of Ignorance pronounced the Talbiya for two ...
IslamKotob, 1990
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women
Scholars who stipulate ritual impurity for circumambulate on argue that it is just like prayer. An- Nasa'i and others reported that Ibn * Abbas narrated that the Prophet (peace be upon him) said: "A naked person should not circumambulate ...
IslamKotob
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The Life of Muhammad: Al-Waqidi's Kitab Al-Maghazi
The Messenger of God said, “I do not think 'Uthman will circumambulate the house while we are restricted.” They said, “O Messenger of God, [Page 602] is he not permitted though he has arrived at the house?” The Messenger of God said, “ My ...
Rizwi Faizer, 2013
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Muhammad and the Origins of Islam
124) If a man or a woman went to the Hajj without being a member of the Hums, they could not circumambulate the House unless they were either naked or wearing the clothes of the ahmasi, which they borrowed or rented. Such a man ( not of ...
Francis E. Peters, 1994
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The Connected Discourses of the Buddha: A New Translation of ...
Then a great crowd of people would come together and assemble around it, and they would send up prayers and recite praise and circumambulate it making reverential salutations, saying: 'Emerge, good boulder! Rise up, [313] good boulder!
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9
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: A work of Universal ...
H. trans. To go round ; search through. Why should he circumambulate the vocabulary for another couplet 1 Seward, Letters, I. 345. cir cumambulat ion (ser- kum-am-bu-la ' shon ) , «. [(.circumambulate: see -ation.] The act of circumambulating ...
10
MUQADDAMA-E-SIRAJUL ABSAR
"Narrated that a brother requested ¢a1i>G>widsa1iisjagis1iia§¢a1JL Imamana's permission for going to Hajj, Uiiigi iiqi 0g, aim JULIA, diiijJr-i Imamana (As) asked him to (WVKOMiiMbiJAprW circumambulate the room of Miyan Dilawer (Rz), ...
Syed Sharief Khundmiri, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CIRCUMAMBULATE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term circumambulate is used in the context of the following news items.
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Qatar- HMC gives health and travel advice for Umrah pilgrims
"Pilgrims should avoid peak times to circumambulate and choose times when the number of people is likely to be less," he said. Another ... «MENAFN.COM, Jul 15»
2
App Counts Pilgrims Tawaf in Makkah
During the Hajj and Umrah, Muslims are to circumambulate the Ka`bah seven times, in an anti-clockwise direction. The circling is believed to ... «Onislam.net, Jul 15»
3
Jammu tourism department holds road show in Amritsar
"They were told about the belief in local folk that newlyweds consider it auspicious to circumambulate around the lake to seek blessings of the ... «Business Standard, Jun 15»
4
MAHA SHIVRATRI: THE NIGHT OF SHIVA
Devotees circumambulate the lingam and worship it throughout the night. It is bathed every three hours with the 5 sacred offerings of a cow, called the ... «The Indian Panorama, Jun 15»
5
Snapshot: Meili Snow Mountain
The entire range stretches nearly 200 kilometers north-to-south, and well-trodden paths allow religious pilgrims to circumambulate the massif ... «GoKunming, Jun 15»
6
Monthly Pooja at Sabarimala Temple Begins
... the idol during Uchcha pooja after the procession carrying the Brahmakalsam led by the thantri and melsanthi circumambulate the Sreekovil. «The New Indian Express, Jun 15»
7
Tshering Lama O'Gorman of the Australian Himalayan Foundation …
You'll find it still when you climb up to the Swayambhu temple and circumambulate with devotees around Boudhanath stupa. I am no longer ... «The Australian Financial Review, Jun 15»
8
Odisha Nabakalebara: Nyasa Daru consecrated, Rath to roll today
The Nyasa Daru Rath will circumambulate in the Bhitara Bedha seven times after which it will be taken to the karma kutir (workshop) inside the ... «Odisha Sun Times, Jun 15»
9
Saturn's Phoebe Ring is Invisible
The beautiful planet has a series of near perfect rings that circumambulate it. ADVERTISING. The fact that one of the rings of Saturn is gigantic ... «I4U News, Jun 15»
10
A Race to Fix Nepal's Ravaged Monuments Before Monsoons Hit
“At Swayambhu, people used to go every morning to circumambulate the main stupa [a mound housing sacred relics]. Now it isn't possible as ... «National Geographic, Jun 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Circumambulate [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/circumambulate>. Apr 2024 ».
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