Past tense of circumnavigate
regular verb
The past tense of circumnavigate is circumnavigated. The past participle is also circumnavigated.
Forms of circumnavigate
| Base form (V1) | circumnavigate /ˌsə.kəmˈnæv.ɪ.ɡeɪt/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | circumnavigated |
| Past participle (V3) | circumnavigated |
| Present participle | circumnavigating |
| Third person singular | circumnavigates |
Circumnavigated in a sentence
- We circumnavigated the Mediterranean.
- On horses they circumnavigated the fields, comparing the progress of the harvest on the two halves.2016, Colson Whitehead, The Underground Railroad, Fleet, published 2017, page 50
Meaning of circumnavigate
- verb To travel completely around somewhere or something (especially the Globe), especially by sail.
- verb To circumvent or bypass.
- verb To sail around the world.
Questions about the past tense of circumnavigate
- What is the past tense of circumnavigate?
- The past tense of circumnavigate is circumnavigated.
- What is the past participle of circumnavigate?
- The past participle of circumnavigate is circumnavigated.
- Is circumnavigate a regular or irregular verb?
- Circumnavigate is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: circumnavigate (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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