Synonyms for circumnavigate
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : sur-kuh m-nav-i-geyt |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˌsɜr kəmˈnæv ɪˌgeɪt |
Définition of circumnavigate
Origin :- 1630s, from Latin circumnavigatus, past participle of circumnavigare "to sail round," from circum "around" (see circum-) + navigare (see navigation). Related: Circumnavigated; circumnavigating; circumnavigable.
- verb go around
- Magellan starts on his expedition to circumnavigate the world.
- Extract from : « The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 9 » by Various
- The next moment he had set out to circumnavigate, as it were.
- Extract from : « His "Day In Court" » by Charles Egbert Craddock (AKA Mary Noailles Murfree)
- She really ought to be the first to circumnavigate Havnholme.
- Extract from : « Viking Boys » by Jessie Margaret Edmondston Saxby
- If the wind should prove favourable we hoped to circumnavigate the island.
- Extract from : « James Braithwaite, the Supercargo » by W.H.G. Kingston
- He must circumnavigate the vessel or the vortex if she were sunk.
- Extract from : « The Incendiary » by W. A. (William Augustine) Leahy
- A yacht now, with every luxury of life, can circumnavigate the globe.
- Extract from : « A Naturalist's Voyage Round the World » by Charles Darwin
- The Victoria, the ship of destiny, was to circumnavigate the globe.
- Extract from : « The Story of Magellan and The Discovery of the Philippines » by Hezekiah Butterworth
- They were the first American vessels to circumnavigate the globe.
- Extract from : « American Merchant Ships and Sailors » by Willis J. Abbot
- This is a large and deep bay, which it would have required a day's travel to circumnavigate.
- Extract from : « Summary Narrative of an Exploratory Expedition to the Sources of the Mississippi River, in 1820 » by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft
- No one on visiting Ceylon, who can possibly spare the necessary time, should fail to circumnavigate the island.
- Extract from : « The Pearl of India » by Maturin M. Ballou
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