circumnavigate

[ sur-kuh m-nav-i-geyt ]

/ ˌsɜr kəmˈnæv ɪˌgeɪt /

to sail or fly around; make the circuit of by navigation: to circumnavigate the earth.

to go or maneuver around: to circumnavigate the heavy downtown traffic.

Origin of circumnavigate

1625–35; < Latin circumnāvigātus (past participle of circumnāvigāre), equivalent to circum- circum- + nāvigātus; see navigate

cir·cum·nav·i·ga·ble

[sur-kuh m-nav-i-guh-buh l] /ˌsɜr kəmˈnæv ɪ gə bəl/, adjective cir·cum·nav·i·ga·tion, noun cir·cum·nav·i·ga·tor, noun cir·cum·nav·i·ga·to·ry

[sur-kuh m-nav-i-guh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] /ˌsɜr kəmˈnæv ɪ gəˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i/, adjective

What happened to Earhart when she disappeared while attempting to circumnavigate the globe in 1937?

Amelia Earhart: New Documentary Searches Underwater for Pilot and Her Plane |Jane Mendelsohn |August 17, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
A yacht now, with every luxury of life, can circumnavigate the globe.

A Naturalist's Voyage Round the World |Charles Darwin
Thus voyaging, you will circumnavigate the island, returning to Na-Wiliwili, and thence in a night to Honolulu.

Northern California, Oregon, and the Sandwich Islands |Charles Nordhoff
But his companions could not be persuaded to approve his scheme of going on to circumnavigate the globe.

The History of Cuba, vol. 1 |Willis Fletcher Johnson

This is a large and deep bay, which it would have required a day's travel to circumnavigate.

Summary Narrative of an Exploratory Expedition to the Sources of the Mississippi River, in 1820 |Henry Rowe Schoolcraft
There are topics he might, with memory of past speeches, easily avoid or circumnavigate.

Punch, Or The London Charivari, Volume 102, April 2, 1892 |Various

circumnavigate

/ (ˌsɜːkəmˈnævɪˌɡeɪt) /

(tr) to sail or fly completely around

circumnavigable, adjective circumnavigation, noun circumnavigator, noun