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Definition of circumnavigate verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

circumnavigate

verb

NAmE//ˌsərkəmˈnævəˌɡeɪt//

circumnavigate something (formal)Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they circumnavigate

he / she / it circumnavigates

past simple circumnavigated

-ing form circumnavigating

to sail all the way around something, especially all the way around the world

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circumnavigation

NAmE//ˌsərkəmˌnævəˈɡeɪʃn//

noun [uncountable] the circumnavigation of the globeSee circumnavigate in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

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