Download the app
educalingo
circumnavigate
" New nemeses keep racing fresh, but I also find challenge in going longer, with only the distance as foe. I run my first 50-mile race, journey across the Grand Canyon and back, circumnavigate Mount St. Helens."
Don Kardong

Meaning of "circumnavigate" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF CIRCUMNAVIGATE

ˌsɜːkəmˈnævɪˌɡeɪt


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CIRCUMNAVIGATE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Circumnavigate 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 circumnavigate in English.

WHAT DOES CIRCUMNAVIGATE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Circumnavigation

Circumnavigation — literally, "navigation of a circumference" — refers to travelling all the way around an island, a continent, or the entire planet Earth. The first world circumnavigation in history was the Magellan-Elcano expedition which sailed from Spain in 1519 and returned in 1522 after having crossed the Atlantic, the Pacific and the Indian oceans.

Definition of circumnavigate in the English dictionary

The definition of circumnavigate in the dictionary is to sail or fly completely around.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO CIRCUMNAVIGATE

PRESENT

Present
I circumnavigate
you circumnavigate
he/she/it circumnavigates
we circumnavigate
you circumnavigate
they circumnavigate
Present continuous
I am circumnavigating
you are circumnavigating
he/she/it is circumnavigating
we are circumnavigating
you are circumnavigating
they are circumnavigating
Present perfect
I have circumnavigated
you have circumnavigated
he/she/it has circumnavigated
we have circumnavigated
you have circumnavigated
they have circumnavigated
Present perfect continuous
I have been circumnavigating
you have been circumnavigating
he/she/it has been circumnavigating
we have been circumnavigating
you have been circumnavigating
they have been circumnavigating
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 circumnavigated
you circumnavigated
he/she/it circumnavigated
we circumnavigated
you circumnavigated
they circumnavigated
Past continuous
I was circumnavigating
you were circumnavigating
he/she/it was circumnavigating
we were circumnavigating
you were circumnavigating
they were circumnavigating
Past perfect
I had circumnavigated
you had circumnavigated
he/she/it had circumnavigated
we had circumnavigated
you had circumnavigated
they had circumnavigated
Past perfect continuous
I had been circumnavigating
you had been circumnavigating
he/she/it had been circumnavigating
we had been circumnavigating
you had been circumnavigating
they had been circumnavigating
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

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

CONDITIONAL

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

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you circumnavigate
we let´s circumnavigate
you circumnavigate
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to circumnavigate
Past participle
circumnavigated
Present Participle
circumnavigating
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 CIRCUMNAVIGATE

abnegate · castigate · colligate · congregate · delegate · desegregate · disaggregate · fumigate · instigate · investigate · irrigate · levigate · litigate · mitigate · navigate · obligate · reinvestigate · relegate · segregate · variegate

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CIRCUMNAVIGATE

circuminsession · circumjacency · circumjacent · circumlittoral · circumlocute · circumlocution · circumlocutory · circumlunar · circummure · circumnavigable · circumnavigation · circumnavigator · circumnutate · circumnutation · circumnutatory · circumpolar · circumpose · circumposition · circumscissile · circumscribable

WORDS THAT END LIKE CIRCUMNAVIGATE

aggregate · alligate · AND gate · exclusive OR gate · fatigate · fertigate · frigate · fustigate · gate · in the aggregate · legate · ligate · profligate · Reigate · remigate · smifligate · strigate · subirrigate · tailgate · vitilitigate

Synonyms and antonyms of circumnavigate in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «circumnavigate» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF CIRCUMNAVIGATE

Find out the translation of circumnavigate to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of circumnavigate from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «circumnavigate» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

绕行
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

circunnavegar
570 millions of speakers
en

English

circumnavigate
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

circumnavigate
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

أبحر
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

обогнуть
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

circunavegar
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

জলপথে প্রদক্ষিণ করা
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

le tour
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Mengelilingi
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

umschiffen
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

ぐるりと回る
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

일주
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Circumnavigate
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đi vòng quanh
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

சுற்றி
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

प्रदक्षिणे
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

etrafını dolaşmak
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

circumnavigare
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

opłynął
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

обігнути
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

ocolul
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

περίπλου
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

vaar
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

segla
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

seile
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of circumnavigate

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CIRCUMNAVIGATE»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of circumnavigate
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «circumnavigate».

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

EXAMPLES

2 QUOTES WITH «CIRCUMNAVIGATE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word circumnavigate.
1
Don Kardong
New nemeses keep racing fresh, but I also find challenge in going longer, with only the distance as foe. I run my first 50-mile race, journey across the Grand Canyon and back, circumnavigate Mount St. Helens.
2
Neil MacGregor
If you are born in 1564, your dislocation from your parents' experience is very profound. You are the first generation who will have had all your religious experience in English, the first to have a countryman circumnavigate the globe. All the power and economic structures of the world are changing around you.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CIRCUMNAVIGATE»

Discover the use of circumnavigate in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to circumnavigate and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Keep Australia On Your Left: A True Story of an Attempt to ...
Keep Australia on Your Left is a story of friendship forged--and sustained--under demanding circumstances. It is also the personal portrait of Eric Stiller's journey around a continent...and into himself.
Eric Stiller, 2014
2
Prefixes and Suffixes, eBook: Teaching Vocabulary to Improve ...
A) circumspect B)circumnavigate C) make a circuit D) circumvent 3. What does electricity flow through? A) circuit B)circlet C) circumference D) circles 4. If someone is wearing a circular band of flowers on her head,what might it be called?
Trisha Callella, 2004
3
Clinical Research for the Doctor of Nursing Practice
Discuss how, as the lead DNP researcher for this project, you will plan to circumnavigate the challenges associated with this design. 7. Describe a possible research study that could be developed using an explanatory mixed research design.
Allison J. Terry, 2011
4
The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own ...
“One of the most extraordinary works of fantasy, for adults or children, published so far this century.”—Time magazine, on the Fairyland series Twelve-year-old September lives in Omaha, and used to have an ordinary life, until her ...
Catherynne M. Valente, 2011
5
Kaplan MAT, 2009-2010 Edition
Suppose, for example, you come across the word circumnavigate and don't know what it means. If you know that the root CIRCUM means "around" and that the root NAV means "ship, sail," then you can guess that circumnavigate means "to ...
Kaplan, 2008
6
Adventure Bound: A Father and Daughter Circumnavigate the ...
"Seeking inspiration and adventure, singer/songwriter Carl Behrend and his 18 year old daughter, Naomi, set out on a fantastic voyage: to circumnavigate Superior, the greatest and most perilous lake in the world on a 16 foot open sailboat"- ...
Carl Behrend, 2003
7
Garner's Modern American Usage
LANGUAGE-CHANGE INDEX *circumlocutionary for circumlocutory: Stage 1 CIRCUMLOCUTION. See BE-VERBS (B) & PERIPHRASIS. circumnavigate; circumvent.Circumnavigate (= to go completely around [something], esp. to sail around ...
Bryan Garner, 2009
8
Trukese-English Dictionary
circumnavigate, go all the way around (as to walk around an island), circle. circular kumosa- (unsp.): round, circular, globular. kukkumos (vi.): be round, circular, globular. kumosumos (vi.): be round, circular, J [lobular. ofddniyen, rokofddniyen ...
‎1990
9
Caroline Princess of Wales & Other Forgotten People of History
THE. FIRST. WOMAN. TO. CIRCUMNAVIGATE. AUSTRALIA. HMS Bathurst, a 170-ton, two-masted brig, commanded by Lt.Phillip Parker King,left Port Jackson, on 26 May 1821,with a crew of thirty-three. On 30 May, the fore-hold was opened  ...
Keith R. Dawson, 2010
10
The Discovery of Jeanne Baret: A Story of Science, the High ...
A Story of Science, the High Seas, and the First Woman to Circumnavigate the Globe Glynis Ridley. Illll IIVIIY Copyright © 2010 by Glynis Ridley Reader's Guide copyright © 20]] by Glynis Ridley All rights reserved. Published in the United ...
Glynis Ridley, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CIRCUMNAVIGATE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term circumnavigate is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Twizzlers, string cheese, and mixed nuts (in large quantities) fuel …
One team member calculated they have traveled 400,000 miles — enough to circumnavigate the earth 16 times — during the past 18 months of ... «Boston Globe, Jul 15»
2
Trio to circumnavigate Australia in Cessna to help FIFO workers talk …
Jane Zewe, Jerom Fox and Adrian Luscombe wave goodbye as they set off around Australia to raise awareness of mental health issues and to ... «Courier Mail, Jul 15»
3
7/7 bombings: Who were the 52 victims of the London terror attacks?
Such was her love of travel that her ambition was to "circumnavigate the universe". Mike Minh Matsushita, 37, a Vietnamese-American who had ... «The Independent, Jul 15»
4
Icarus reborn
... using a hot-air balloon (also sometimes described, more elegantly, as a gondola) to circumnavigate the world, nonstop. There had been two ... «Inquirer.net, Jul 15»
5
Oeuvre Here: An 18 Album Voyage Through Ringo Starr's …
With Ringo as our guide, we circumnavigate the back-catalogue of a man who long ago jettisoned the financial boundaries of the studio, a man ... «Drowned In Sound, Jul 15»
6
Tough swim off Wexford coast for fund raisers
David Burns and Maghnus Collins Smith are attempting to make history by becoming the first swimmers to ever circumnavigate the Irish ... «Irish Independent, Jul 15»
7
Roger Federer vs Roberto Bautista Agut, Wimbledon 2015: as it …
Bautista Agut makes a rare foray to the net, and Federer can't circumnavigate him. It's brief respite, because Roger wins the next point with ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
8
2015 Transatlantic Race – Boats are in hot pursuit
... gybing along the top of a Gulf Stream eddy, while also trying to circumnavigate the top of some high pressure approaching from the south. «Sail World, Jul 15»
9
Engine malfunction forces Coast Guard cutter to head back to port
In 2001, it became the first Coast Guard cutter to circumnavigate the globe. The ship and its crew are in Alaska this summer to enforce fisheries ... «Ktoo, Jul 15»
10
National Environmental Standards - a National train wreck
... environmental principles of the Resource Management Act and Environmental Court decisions have been legislated and circumnavigate the ... «Scoop.co.nz, Jul 15»
REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Circumnavigate [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/circumnavigate>. Apr 2024 ».
Download the educalingo app
EN