"circumnavigate" meaning in English

See circumnavigate in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˌsə.kəmˈnæv.ɪ.ɡeɪt/ [UK], /ˌsɝ.kəmˈnæv.ɪ.ɡeɪt/ [US] Audio: en-us-circumnavigate.ogg [US], en-au-circumnavigate.ogg [Australia] Forms: circumnavigate [canonical], circumnavigates [third-person, singular], circumnavigated [past], circumnavigated [past, participle], circumnavigating [present, participle]
Head templates: {{verb|circumnavigat|e}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you circumnavigate something, you travel completely around it.
    Sense id: simple-circumnavigate-en-verb-b5hVsAJm
  2. If you circumnavigate something, you circumvent or bypass it.
    Sense id: simple-circumnavigate-en-verb-6UeoJ7pD
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