circumambulate

verb

Definition of circumambulatenext
as in to traverse

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Recent Examples of circumambulate Visitors circumambulate the gallery, opening gray stall doors and finding sculptures inside. — Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 12 July 2024 Trying to stay upright while circumambulating these tilted, towering forms induced vertigo. — Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 16 Mar. 2024 An aerial view of Muslim pilgrims circumambulating the Grand Mosque in September 2017. — Eva Dou, WSJ, 31 July 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for circumambulate
  1. traverse
  2. cross
  3. perambulate
Verb
  • Both Craig and Flanagan spent the weekend traversing the Twin Cities metro area.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 10 Aug. 2026
  • The discovery will shed new light into just who was traversing these waters during that era, the culture ministry says.
    — Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Money, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of traverse
Verb
  • Seigler, though, crossed home plate before Sogard was put out at first.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Before the war, an average of 120 vessels crossed the crucial waterway, through which one-fifth of global oil supplies used to travel, every day.
    — Kevin Liptak, CNN Money, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of cross
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  • Meanwhile, Soames perambulates a park with Irene, examining works of art in progress.
    — Alice Burton, Vulture, 30 Mar. 2026
  • Sentences tend to perambulate only to land in fresh territory.
    — Karen Heller, Washington Post, 25 Mar. 2023
Definition of perambulate

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