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Definition of circum- prefix from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

circum-

prefix

/sɜːkəm/

/sɜːrkəm/

in verb, nouns and adjectives

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around
- to circumnavigate (= sail around) the world
Word Originfrom Latin circum ‘round’.

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