circumnavigated
past simple and past participle ofcircumnavigate
circumnavigate
verb[T]
uk/ˌsɜː.kəmˈnæv.ɪ.ɡeɪt/us/ˌsɝː.kəmˈnæv.ə.ɡeɪt/circumnavigateverb[T](SAIL AROUND)
formal
tosailall the way around something:
They circumnavigated Cape Horn Island incanoes.
Navigation & shipwrecks
- astrolabe
- buoy
- channel
- chart
- circumnavigation
- foghorn
- lane
- lighthouse
- navigability
- navigable
- navigational
- pilot
- quadrant
- refloat
- shipwreck
- sonar
- sound
- the doldrums
- wreck
- yaw
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Sailing & boating
circumnavigateverb[T](AVOID)
tomovearound something inordertoavoidhittingit:
Wecarriedthepicturecarefullythrough to themainexhibition, circumnavigating severalobstaclesenroute.
toavoidsomething by taking aparticularcourseofaction:
Manufacturers andshopscircumnavigate(=avoid)gunlawsbyprovidingrealisticmodelsthat areunabletodischargemissiles.
Moving in order to avoid contact
- avoid
- avoidsomethinglike the plagueidiom
- avoidance
- bypass
- circumnavigate
- dodge
- duck and diveidiom
- duck and dodge(something)idiom
- duck and weaveidiom
- evasively
- evasiveness
- fall
- jump
- moving target
- parry
- sidestep
- skirt
- steer
- steer clear ofsomeone/somethingidiom
- weave
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Avoiding action
Outcomes and consequences
Examplesofcircumnavigated
circumnavigated
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
Rather than summing up a lifetime's work with authority and some degree of finality we are shown a newly discovered continent as yet not evencircumnavigated.
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It is approximately 15 km in diameter and iscircumnavigatedby a single narrow road.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Over a career that spanned 25 years, she would havecircumnavigatedthe globe more than 40 times.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It sailed a different route every year and itcircumnavigatedthe globe many times.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He has twicecircumnavigatedthe world and has been on numerous overland expeditions.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.They have sailed over 200,000 miles together, havingcircumnavigatedthe world both east-about and west-about.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Shecircumnavigatedthe globe twice, documenting her journeys extensively.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He continued to sail andcircumnavigatedthree more times.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He led a life of adventure: hecircumnavigatedthe globe, engaged in various curious occupations, participated in many shady schemes.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The ban on trade was not policed andcircumnavigatedby multinational corporations.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.In late 1998, shecircumnavigatedthe world in order to use up as much nuclear fuel as possible prior to decommissioning.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.On several occasions big groups of antifascistscircumnavigatedaround or broke through police lines.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Half an hour later, the rebels brought in five armored vehicles andcircumnavigatedthe palace.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.She hadcircumnavigatedthe globe almost unchaperoned.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.So shecircumnavigatedthe world.
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