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==English==
==English==

===Alternative forms===
* {{alter|en|circumvene}}


===Etymology===
===Etymology===
{{PIE root|en|gʷem}}
{{root|en|ine-pro|*(s)ker- (turn)||*gʷem-}}
{{lbor|en|la|circumveniō}}.
{{etyl|la|en}} {{m|la|circum||[[about]]}} + {{m|la|venire||to [[come]]}}


===Pronunciation===
===Pronunciation===
* {{rhymes|ɛnt|lang=en}}
* {{IPA|en|/səːkəmˈvɛnt/}}
* {{audio|en|LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-circumvent.wav|a=Southern England}}
* {{rhymes|en|ɛnt|s=3}}


===Verb===
===Verb===
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# {{lb|en|transitive}} to [[avoid]] or get around something; to [[bypass]]
# {{lb|en|transitive}} to [[avoid]] or get around something; to [[bypass]]
#* {{quote-journal|en|year=1950|month=April|author=Timothy H. Cobb|title=The Kenya-Uganda Railway|journal=Railway Magazine|page=265|text=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.}}
# {{lb|en|transitive}} to [[surround]] or [[besiege]]
# {{lb|en|transitive}} to [[surround]] or [[besiege]]
# {{lb|en|transitive}} to [[outwit]] or [[outsmart]]
# {{lb|en|transitive}} to [[outwit]] or [[outsmart]]
#* {{RQ:Landon Francesca Carrara|pages=279–280|volume=III|text=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.}}


====Derived terms====
====Derived terms====
{{col-auto|en|circumventingly
* {{l|en|circumventable}}
|circumventable
* {{l|en|circumvental}}
|circumvental
* {{l|en|circumventer}}
|circumventer
* {{l|en|circumvential}}
|circumvential
* {{l|en|circumvention}}
|circumvention
* {{l|en|circumventive}}
|circumventive
* {{l|en|circumventor}}
|circumventor}}


====Related terms====
====Related terms====
* {{l|en|circumvention}}
{{rel2|en
|circumvention
* {{l|en|circumventive}}
|circumventive}}


====Translations====
====Translations====
{{trans-top|to avoid or get around something}}
{{trans-top|to avoid or get around something}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|избягвам}}, {{t+|bg|заобикалям}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|заобика́лям|impf}}, {{t|bg|заобиколя́|pf}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|evitar}}, {{t|ca|circumvalar}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|evitar}}, {{t|ca|circumvalar}}
* Chinese:
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|规避}}
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|規避}}
* Danish: {{t|da|omgå}}
* Danish: {{t|da|omgå}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|omzeilen}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|omzeilen}}
* French: {{t+|fr|contourner}}, {{t+|fr|circonvenir}}
* French: {{t+|fr|contourner}}
* Georgian: {{t|ka|გვერდის ავლა|sc=Geor}}, {{t|ka|გარს შემოვლა|sc=Geor}}
* Georgian: {{t|ka|გვერდის ავლა}}, {{t|ka|გარს შემოვლა}}
* German: {{t+|de|umgehen}}
* German: {{t+|de|umgehen}}
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* Italian: {{t+|it|eludere}}, {{t+|it|circonvenire}}
{{trans-mid}}
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* Italian: {{t+|it|eludere}}, {{t|it|circonvenire}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|honi}}, {{t|mi|hohoni}}, {{t|mi|taku}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|honi}}, {{t|mi|hohoni}}, {{t|mi|taku}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|contornar}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|contornar}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|înconjura}}, {{t+|ro|ocoli}}, {{t|ro|conturna}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|înconjura}}, {{t+|ro|ocoli}}, {{t|ro|conturna}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|обойти́}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|обходи́ть|impf}}, {{t+|ru|обойти́|pf}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|evitar}}, {{t+|es|eludir}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|evitar}}, {{t+|es|eludir}}, {{t|es|baipasear}}, {{t+|es|circunvalar}}, {{t+|es|obviar}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|kringgå}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|kringgå}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|обійти}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|обійти}}
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* Danish: {{t|da|omringe}}
* Danish: {{t|da|omringe}}
* French: {{t+|fr|cerner}}
* French: {{t+|fr|cerner}}
{{trans-mid}}
* German: {{t+|de|umlagern}}
* German: {{t+|de|umlagern}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|timpeallaigh}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|circondare}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|rodear}}, {{t+|pt|cercar}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|обойти́}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|обойти́}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|rodear}}, {{t+|es|bordear}}, {{t+|es|circunvalar}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|rodear}}, {{t+|es|bordear}}, {{t+|es|circunvalar}}
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* Bulgarian: {{t|bg|надхитрявам}}, {{t+|bg|изигравам}}
* Bulgarian: {{t|bg|надхитрявам}}, {{t+|bg|изигравам}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|burlar}} (no en el sentit de {{t+|ca|mofar}})
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|burlar}} (no en el sentit de {{t+|ca|mofar}})
* French: {{t+|fr|contourner}}
* French: {{t+|fr|circonvenir}}
* Georgian: {{t|ka|მოტყუება|sc=Geor}}
* Georgian: {{t|ka|მოტყუება}}
{{trans-mid}}
* German: {{t|de|ausmanövrieren}}
* German: {{t|de|ausmanövrieren}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|обойти́}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|обойти́}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|перехитрити}}, {{t|uk|обійти (закон)}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|circunvenir}}, {{t+|es|sortear}}, {{t+|es|burlar}}, {{t+|es|iludir}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|перехитрити}}, {{t|uk|обійти|alt=обійти (закон)}}
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Latest revision as of 16:27, 18 October 2024

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin circumveniō.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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circumvent (third-person singular simple present circumvents, present participle circumventing, simple past and past participle circumvented)

  1. (transitive) to avoid or get around something; to bypass
    • 1950 April, Timothy H. Cobb, “The Kenya-Uganda Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 265:
      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.
  2. (transitive) to surround or besiege
  3. (transitive) to outwit or outsmart

Derived terms

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Translations

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