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circumnavigate

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14 lettersPronunciation /ˌsə.kəmˈnæv.ɪ.ɡeɪt/Part of speech verbSorted aaccegiimnrtuvStarts with CEnds with E0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. travel around, either by plane or ship

Word origin

Borrowed from Latin circumnāvigātus, perfect passive participle of circumnāvigō (“sail round something, circumnavigate”), from circum (“about, around”) + nāvigō (“sail, navigate”), from nāvis (“ship”) + agō (“do”). By surface analysis, circum- + navigate.

Used in a sentence

  • We circumnavigated the Mediterranean.
  • On horses they circumnavigated the fields, comparing the progress of the harvest on the two halves.
  • Rebel of the tournament: Saudi Arabia’s Malek Al Hawsawi, who circumnavigated Fifa’s ban on jewellery by keeping his ring in his mouth.

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