We circumnavigated the Mediterranean.
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Circumnavigate
//ˌsɝ.kəmˈnæv.ɪ.ɡeɪt//
Synonyms for "circumnavigate" (64 found)
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33 translations across 15 languages.
Catalan
1 entries- circumnavegar verb (to sail completely around something)
Czech
2 entries- obejít verb (to circumvent or bypass)
- obeplout verb (to sail completely around something)
Finnish
4 entries- kiertää verb (to circumvent or bypass)
- ohittaa verb (to circumvent or bypass)
- purjehtia jonkin ympäri verb (to sail completely around something)
- purjehtia maailman ympäri verb (to sail around the world)
French
1 entries- circumnaviguer verb (to sail completely around something)
German
4 entries- die Welt umsegeln verb (to sail around the world)
- umfahren verb (to sail completely around something)
- umgehen verb (to circumvent or bypass)
- umschiffen verb (to sail completely around something)
Hungarian
3 entries- hajóval megkerül verb (to sail completely around something)
- körbehajóz verb (to sail completely around something)
- megkerül verb (to circumvent or bypass)
Italian
1 entries- circumnavigare verb (to sail completely around something)
Latin
1 entries- circumnāvigō verb (to sail completely around something)
Māori
1 entries- taiāwhio verb (to sail completely around something)
Norwegian
1 entries- seile rundt verb (to sail completely around something)
Old English
1 entries- ymblīþan verb (to sail completely around something)
Polish
1 entries- opłynąć dookoła verb (to sail completely around something)
Portuguese
1 entries- circum-navegar verb (to sail completely around something)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- iom-sheòl verb (to sail completely around something)
Spanish
4 entries- bojar verb (to sail completely around something)
- bojear verb (to sail completely around something)
- circumnavegar verb (to sail completely around something)
- circumnavegar verb (to circumvent or bypass)
Sample sentences
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On horses they circumnavigated the fields, comparing the progress of the harvest on the two halves.
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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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Patrick Childress, who solo circumnavigated on a Catalina 27 in 1982, stresses the value of eggs, which will keep at least six weeks if previously unrefrigerated and oiled with vegetable shortening.
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