circumvent
/səːkəmˈvɛnt/
circumvent verb: to avoid or get around something; to bypass.
Verb
circumvent (third-person singular simple present circumvents, present participle circumventing, simple past and past participle circumvented)
- to avoid or get around something; to bypass
- The line turns a sharp right-angle to the north to circumvent the town, and then plunges straight into the 1 in 50, which lasts for nearly 20 miles with few intermissions, and some pitches of 1 in 40.1950 April, Timothy H. Cobb, “The Kenya-Uganda Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 265
- to surround or besiege
- to outwit or outsmart
- We are mortified by not being thought worthy of trust; and there is also a feeling of small triumph in circumventing those who doubt either our inclination or our power of service.1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Francesca Carrara. […], volume III, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, pages 279–280
circumvent meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
circumvent in Tamil
- மீறு, ஏமாற்று, சுற்றிச் செல், நுண்ணுத்தியால் மீறு, வளைத்துக்கொள்
circumvent in Urdu
- عیاری کرنا, گھیراؤ ڈالنا, گرد گھومنا, محیط کرنا
circumvent in Bengali
- কৌশলে এড়ানো, পাশ কাটানো
circumvent in Malayalam
- ഉപായംകൊണ്ടു ജയിക്കുക, വഞ്ചിക്കുക, കുടുക്കിൽ അകപ്പെടുത്തുക
More languagesFewer languages
- circumvent in Kannada
- ತಪ್ಪಿಸಿಕೊಳ್ಳು, ಸುತ್ತಿಹೋಗು
Examples of circumvent in a sentence
- To circumvent these limitations, DStat employs a transimpedance amplifier in series with the working electrode (Fig 3(b)).
- A pagri was a form of "illegal payment" that had developed to circumvent colonial rent restrictions.
- This curious species of non-publication provoked numerous programmers to post directions on Slashdot for circumventing the clickwrap.
Forms of circumvent
| third-person singular present | circumvents |
|---|---|
| present participle | circumventing |
| past participle | circumvented |
| past | circumvented |
| alternative form | circumvene |
Origin of circumvent
Learned borrowing from Latin circumveniō.
Words formed from circumvent
Words that rhyme with circumvent
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- repent
- ascent
- rent
- resent
- scent
- absent
- augment
- cement
- content
- extent
- fragment
- lent
- prevent
- anent
- consent
- dent
- dissent
- percent
- relent
- spent
- Tashkent
- tent
- accent
- convent
- discontent
- intent
- invent
- went
- %
- assent
- dement
- ferment
- foment
- gent
- Gwent
- incent
- lament
- malcontent
- reinvent
- stent
- underrepresent
- attent
- big tent
- blent
- detent
- diapertent
- djent
- ent
Questions about circumvent
- What does circumvent mean?
- Circumvent means to avoid or get around something; to bypass.
- What is circumvent in Tamil?
- Circumvent in Tamil is மீறு, ஏமாற்று, சுற்றிச் செல். See Circumvent meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is circumvent?
- Circumvent is a verb.
- How do you pronounce circumvent?
- Circumvent is pronounced /səːkəmˈvɛnt/.
- What is the past tense of circumvent?
- The past tense of circumvent is circumvented.
Words near circumvent in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: circumvent (page history and authors); circumvent (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); circumvent (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); circumvent (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); circumvent (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); circumvent (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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