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circumnavigation

NOUN

circuit

Synonyms

STRONGEST

course district lap route tour

STRONG

ambit area bounds circle circling circulation circumference circumscription circumvolution compass cycle gyration gyre journey limit line orbit perambulation perimeter periphery range region round tract turn turning twirl way wheel whirl wind winding zone

Antonyms

STRONG

center inside interior middle

NOUN

detour

Synonyms

STRONGEST

deviation diversion

STRONG

branch bypass bypath byway circuit circumvention crotch divergence fork substitute

WEAK

alternate route back road circuitous route circumbendibus roundabout way runaround secondary highway service road temporary route

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Each participant must complete four weeks of intense training before taking part in one or all eight stages of the circumnavigation.

From Seattle Times • May 4, 2024

Captain Matthew Flinders, from Donington, led the first circumnavigation of Australia.

From BBC • Aug. 6, 2023

Flinders joined the navy aged 15 and he made several coastal explorations of Australia, completing the circumnavigation in 1803.

From BBC • Aug. 6, 2023

He flew to space last summer on a mission by Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin rocket company and holds a record for the fastest circumnavigation of Earth via both the geographic poles by plane.

From New York Times • Jun. 20, 2023

Perhaps they are pleased by the way the piece went, or perhaps it is celebration at hearing one’s own song returning after circumnavigation; whatever, it has the look of jubilation.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas

circumnavigation

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