Antonyms for circumnavigation

Grammar : Noun

Spell : sur-kuh m-nav-i-geyt

Phonetic Transcription : ˌsɜr kəmˈnæv ɪˌgeɪt

Definition of circumnavigation

Origin : 1705, from circumnavigate + -ion.

As in circuit : noun revolution, track, boundary
As in detour : noun indirect course

Example sentences :

December 27th: "Sailed from England on our circumnavigation."
Extract from : « More Letters of Charles Darwin » by Charles Darwin

One of his ships completed the first circumnavigation of the globe.
Extract from : « The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 9 » by Various

Their greatest undertaking was the circumnavigation of Africa.
Extract from : « The World's Progress, Vol. I (of X) » by Various

The priests in yellow looked on, profoundly impressed by our circumnavigation.
Extract from : « Hilda Wade » by Grant Allen

There are various accounts of the circumnavigation of Africa in old times.
Extract from : « Mythical Monsters » by Charles Gould

It was a voyage of discovery, a circumnavigation of charity.
Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 67, No. 411, January 1850 » by Various

The circumnavigation is 360 stadia, as I have before described it.
Extract from : « The Geography of Strabo, Volume III (of 3) » by Strabo

It was a voyage of discovery; a circumnavigation of charity.
Extract from : « Sketches of Reforms and Reformers, of Great Britain and Ireland » by Henry B. Stanton

In 1818 Captain Ross completed the circumnavigation of this oblong bay.
Extract from : « The World of Waters » by Mrs. David Osborne

At our time of life that smacked a little of circumnavigation.
Extract from : « In the Footprints of the Padres » by Charles Warren Stoddard

Synonyms for circumnavigation

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