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Word: Circumvent
Speech Type: Verb
Etymology:
late Middle English: from Latin circumvent- ‘skirted around’, from the verb circumvenire, from circum ‘around’ + venire ‘come’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˌsəːkəmˈvɛnt
Dialects: British English
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈsəːkəmvɛnt
Dialects: British English
Definition:
find a way around (an obstacle)
Short Definition:find way around
Examples:- if you come to an obstruction in a road you can seek to circumvent it
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