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CIRCUMVENTED

Definition: CIRCUMVENTED

CIRCUMVENTED

Imperative & past participle

1. Of Circumvent

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Date "CIRCUMVENTED" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1651. (references)


Crosswords: CIRCUMVENTED

English words defined with "CIRCUMVENTED": obstacle, obstruction. (references)
Etymologies containing "CIRCUMVENTED": Circumvent. (references)

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Photo Album: CIRCUMVENTED

ThumbnailDescription & Credit

Direct application of osmotic stress through equilibration with a stressing polymer can sometimes be circumvented through vapour pressure equilibration. This method of generating osmotic stress is especially usefull at high osmotic pressures. Credit: NICHD.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: CIRCUMVENTED

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

This problem has been circumvented by maternal administration of thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH). The combination of TRH plus antenatal corticosteroids was more effective than corticosteroids alone in two randomized studies. (references)

Children

Bangladesh

However, this minimum age requirement commonly is ignored by authorities, and is circumvented easily by false statements of age. (references)

Turkey

Infant mortality has declined rapidly over the past decade, and, as of 1998, stood at 43 per 1,000. UNICEF estimates that, during the year, the rate decreased and is at approximately 33 per 1,000. Although the law provides special safeguards for children in police custody, police officers and prosecutors frequently circumvented or ignored these provisions. (references)

Civil Liberties

Bulgaria

Some church groups circumvented the administrative obstacles created by a lack of registration by registering as NGO's. (references)

Human Rights

Turkey

However, at times legal limits on detention periods reportedly were circumvented by subjecting a detainee to successive charges or falsifying detention records. (references)

Worker Rights

Burma

Some joint ventures circumvented this with supplemental pay or special incentive systems. (references)

Costa Rica

Although often circumvented in practice, it also requires compensation for discharge without due cause. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: CIRCUMVENTED

"CIRCUMVENTED" is generally used as a lexical verb (past participle) -- approximately 71.43% of the time. "CIRCUMVENTED" is used about 56 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Lexical Verb (past participle)71.43%4054,274
Lexical Verb (past tense)28.57%1687,710
                    Total100.00%56N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Modern Translation: CIRCUMVENTED

Language Translations for "CIRCUMVENTED"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Chinese 

  

徊避 (Circumvent, Circumventing). (various references)

   

Danish

  

aftale omgå ved omladning (agreement circumvented by trans-shipment). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

door overlading ontdoken overeenkomst (agreement circumvented by trans-shipment). (various references)

   

French

  

accord tourné par le jeu de la réexpédition (agreement circumvented by trans-shipment). (various references)

   

German

  

verhinderte (forestalled, impeded, inhibited, prevented), umgangen (gone round). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

συμφωνία που έχει καταστρατηγηθεί μέσω μεταφόρτωσης (agreement circumvented by trans-shipment). (various references)

   

Italian

  

accordo eluso mediante rispedizione (agreement circumvented by trans-shipment). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

포위하" (Encompassed, Enveloped, surrounded). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

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Portuguese

  

acordo objecto de evasão através de reexpedição (agreement circumvented by trans-shipment). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

eludir el acuerdo mediante reexpedición (agreement circumvented by trans-shipment). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Rhyming with "CIRCUMVENTED"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "CIRCUMVENTED" (pronounced ser'kumve"ntud)
6-v e" n t u dinvented, prevented, reinvented, vented.
5-e" n t u daugmented, cemented, consented, contented, demented, dented, discontented, dissented, fermented, lamented, misrepresented, overrepresented, presented, relented, rented, repented, represented, resented, scented, underrepresented, unrepresented.
4-n t u daccented, accounted, acquainted, affronted, amounted, anted, appointed, blunted, chanted, commented, complemented, complimented, confronted, counted, daunted, disappointed, discounted, disenchanted, disjointed, disoriented, documented, enchanted, experimented, fainted, fingerprinted, flaunted, fomented, fragmented, frequented, fronted, granted, grunted, hinted, hunted, implanted, implemented, imprinted, jointed, minted, mounted, oriented, ornamented, painted, panted, patented, pinpointed, planted, pointed, printed, ranted, reappointed, recanted, recounted, regimented, repainted, replanted, reprinted, sainted, segmented, shunted, slanted, sprinted, stunted, supplanted, supplemented, surmounted, tainted, talented, taunted, tinted, tormented, transplanted, unaccounted, uncounted, undaunted, undercounted, undocumented, unpainted, unprecedented, untainted, unwanted, unwarranted, vaunted, wanted, warranted.
3-t u dabated, abbreviated, abdicated, abducted, abetted, aborted, abrogated, abstracted, abutted, accelerated, accentuated, accepted, acclimated, accommodated, accosted, accredited, accumulated, acquitted, acted, activated, adapted, addicted, adjudicated, adjusted, admitted, adopted, adulterated, advocated, affected, affiliated, afflicted, aggravated, aggregated, agitated, airlifted, alerted, alienated, alleviated, allocated, allotted, alternated, amalgamated, ameliorated, amputated, angulated, animated, annihilated, annotated, anticipated, antiquated, appreciated, appropriated, approximated, arbitrated, arrested, articulated, aspirated, assassinated, assaulted, asserted, assimilated, assisted, associated, assorted, attempted, attenuated, attested, attracted, attributed, audited, authenticated, automated, averted, awaited, backdated, baited, bankrupted, bated, batted, belated, belted, benefited, benefitted, benighted, berated, bested, bifurcated, bigoted, blacklisted, blanketed, blasted, blighted, bloated, blurted, boasted, boated, bolted, boosted, booted, boycotted, breasted, budgeted, busted, caffeinated, calculated, calibrated, capitulated, captivated, carbonated, carbureted, carotid, carpeted, carted, castigated, castrated, catapulted, celebrated, charted, chatted, cheated, chested, chlorinated, circuited, circulated, cited, closeted, clotted, coasted, coated, coexisted, collaborated, collected, comforted, commemorated, committed, communicated, commuted, compacted, compensated, competed, completed, complicated, computed, conceited, concentrated, concerted, concocted, conducted, confiscated, conflicted, congested, congratulated, congregated, conjugated, connected, conscripted, consecrated, consisted, consolidated, constipated, constituted, constricted, constructed, consulted, consummated, contacted, contaminated, contemplated, contested, contorted, contracted, contradicted, contrasted, contributed, converted, convicted, convoluted, cooperated, coordinated, copyrighted, corrected, correlated, corroborated, corrugated, corrupted, costed, counteracted, counterfeited, courted, coveted, crafted, created, credited, cremated, crenelated, crested, crusted, culminated, cultivated, darted, dated, deactivated, debated, debilitated, decaffeinated, decapitated, decelerated, decimated, decontaminated, decorated, dedicated, deducted, defaulted, defeated, defected, deflated, deflected, degenerated, dehydrated, dejected, delegated, deleted, deliberated, delighted, delineated, delisted, demonstrated, demoted, denigrated, denominated, denoted, departed, depicted, depleted, deported, deposited, depreciated, deregulated, desecrated, desegregated, deserted, designated, destructed, detected, deteriorated, detested, detonated, detracted, devaluated, devastated, deviated, devoted, dictated, differentiated, digested, dilapidated, dilated, diluted, directed, disaffected, disassociated, disconnected, discredited, discriminated, disgusted, disintegrated, disinterested, disinvited, dislocated, dispirited, disputed, disrespected, disrupted, dissected, disseminated, dissipated, distorted, distracted, distributed, distrusted, diverted, divested, domesticated, dominated, donated, dotted, doubted, drafted, drifted, duplicated, dusted, edited, educated, effected, ejected, elaborated, elated, elected, electrocuted, elevated, elicited, eliminated, elongated, elucidated, emaciated, emanated, emancipated, emasculated, emigrated, emitted, emulated, enacted, encapsulated, encrusted, encrypted, enlisted, entrusted, enumerated, enunciated, equated, eradicated, erected, erupted, escalated, escorted, estimated, evacuated, evaluated, evaporated, evicted, eviscerated, exacerbated, exacted, exaggerated, exalted, exasperated, excavated, excepted, excerpted, excited, excommunicated, excoriated, executed, exempted, exerted, exhausted, exhibited, exhilarated, exhorted, existed, exited, exonerated, expected, expedited, exploited, exported, expropriated, exterminated, extorted, extracted, extradited, extrapolated, extricated, extroverted, exulted, fabricated, faceted, facilitated, fainthearted, farsighted, fascinated, fasted, fated, faulted, feasted, federated, ferreted, feted, fetid, filleted, fisted, fitted, fixated, flabbergasted, flagellated, flirted, floated, flouted, fluctuated, foisted, footed, footnoted, forecasted, forested, forfeited, formulated, fretted, frosted, frustrated, gated, generated, germinated, gifted, glaciated, gloated, glutted, graduated, grafted, grated, gravitated, greeted, guested, gusted, gutted, gyrated, halfhearted, hallucinated, halogenated, halted, handcrafted, harvested, hated, hearted, heated, helmeted, hesitated, highlighted, hoisted, hooted, hosted, humiliated, hydrated, hydrogenated, hyphenated, ignited, illuminated, illustrated, imitated, immigrated, impacted, imparted, impersonated, implicated, imported, impregnated, imputed, inactivated, inaugurated, incapacitated, incarcerated, incinerated, incited, incorporated, inculcated, indebted, indicated, indicted, indited, indoctrinated, inducted, infatuated, infected, infested, infiltrated, inflated, inflected, inflicted, infuriated, ingested, inhabited, inherited, inhibited, initiated, injected, innovated, inoculated, inserted, insinuated, insisted, inspected, instigated, instituted, instructed, insulated, insulted, integrated, interacted, intercepted, interconnected, interdicted, interested, interjected, interpolated, interpreted, interrelated, interrogated, interrupted, intersected, intimated, intimidated, intoxicated, introverted, inundated, invalidated, inverted, invested, investigated, invigorated, invited, irradiated, irrigated, irritated, isolated, jacketed, jetted, jilted, jolted, jotted, knighted, knitted, knotted, lambasted, laminated, lasted, legislated, levitated, liberated, lifted, lighted, lighthearted, limited, liquidated, listed, litigated, located, looted, lubricated, lusted, maladjusted, malted, maltreated, mandated, manifested, manipulated, marinated, marketed, masted, masturbated, mated, mediated, medicated, melted, merited, meted, migrated, misallocated, misappropriated, miscalculated, misdirected, misinterpreted, misquoted, misreported, misstated, mistreated, mistrusted, mitigated, moderated, modulated, molested, motivated, multifaceted, mutated, muted, mutilated, narrated, nauseated, navigated, nearsighted, necessitated, negated, neglected, negotiated, nested, netted, nominated, nonregulated, noted, objected, obligated, obliterated, obstructed, officiated, omitted, operated, opinionated, opted, orbited, orchestrated, orientated, originated, ousted, outdated, outed, outfitted, outlasted, outvoted, overacted, overestimated, overexcited, overheated, overpopulated, overrated, overreacted, overregulated, overstated, overweighted, oxygenated, parachuted, parted, participated, pasted, patted, pelleted, pelted, penetrated, perfected, perforated, permeated, permitted, perpetrated, perpetuated, persecuted, persisted, perverted, petted, picketed, piloted, pirated, pitted, pivoted, plated, plotted, plummeted, pocketed, pollinated, polluted, pontificated, populated, ported, posited, posted, potted, pouted, precipitated, predated, predicated, predicted, predominated, preempted, preexisted, prefabricated, premeditated, profited, prognosticated, prohibited, projected, proliferated, promoted, prompted, promulgated, propagated, prorated, prosecuted, protected, protested, protracted, punctuated, purported, putted, quieted, quilted, quoted, radiated, rafted, ratcheted, rated, reacted, reactivated, readjusted, readmitted, reallocated, rearrested, reasserted, rebated, rebutted, recalculated, reciprocated, recited, recollected, reconnected, reconstituted, reconstructed, recreated, recruited, redacted, redecorated, redirected, redistributed, redrafted, reelected, reenacted, reevaluated, refitted, reflected, reformulated, refrigerated, refuted, regenerated, regretted, regulated, rehabilitated, reignited, reincarnated, reinstated, reinstituted, reintegrated, reinterpreted, reinvested, reinvigorated, reinvited, reiterated, rejected, rejuvenated, related, relegated, relocated, remarketed, remitted, renegotiated, renominated, renovated, repatriated, repeated, replicated, reported, repudiated, reputed, requested, rerouted, resisted, resonated, resorted, respected, restarted, restated, rested, restricted, resubmitted, resulted, resurrected, resuscitated, retaliated, retested, retorted, retracted, retreated, retrofitted, reunited, reverberated, reverted, revisited, revolted, righted, rioted, riveted, roasted, rocketed, roosted, rooted, rotated, rotted, ruminated, rusted, rutted, salivated, salted, saluted, sandblasted, sated, saturated, scapegoated, scouted, scripted, sculpted, seated, secreted, sedated, segregated, selected, separated, serrated, shafted, shifted, shorted, shortsighted, shouted, sifted, sighted, silhouetted, simulated, sited, situated, skated, skirted, skyrocketed, slated, slighted, slotted, snorted, solicited, sophisticated, sorted, speculated, spirited, sported, spotlighted, spotted, spouted, sprouted, spurted, squirted, stagnated, stalemated, started, stated, stilted, stimulated, stipulated, subcontracted, subjected, subjugated, submitted, subordinated, substantiated, substituted, subtracted, subverted, suffocated, suggested, suited, superheated, supported, suspected, swatted, sweated, syncopated, syndicated, tabulated, targeted, tasted, tempted, terminated, tested, throated, thwarted, ticketed, tightfisted, tilted, titillated, toasted, tolerated, toted, touted, transacted, transected, translated, transmitted, transported, treated, trotted, trumpeted, truncated, trusted, tufted, twisted, unabated, unaccredited, unadjusted, unadulterated, unaffected, unaffiliated, unallocated, unanticipated, unappreciated, unassisted, unaudited, unbolted, uncharted, uncoated, uncollected, uncommitted, uncompensated, uncompleted, uncomplicated, unconnected, unconsolidated, uncontaminated, uncontested, uncontradicted, unconverted, uncoordinated, uncorrected, uncorroborated, undated, undefeated, underestimated, underrated, underreported, understated, undetected, undifferentiated, undiluted, undisputed, undistributed, undoubted, unedited, uneducated, unelected, unexpected, unexploited, unincorporated, unindicted, uninfected, uninhabited, uninhibited, uninitiated, uninterested, uninterrupted, uninvited, United, unlimited, unlisted, unmitigated, unmolested, unobstructed, unprotected, unrated, unreconstructed, unregulated, unrelated, unreported, unrequited, unrestricted, unsaturated, unscripted, unseated, unsolicited, unsophisticated, unstated, unsubstantiated, unsuited, unsupported, unsuspected, untested, untreated, updated, uplifted, uprooted, vacated, vaccinated, vacillated, validated, vatted, vaulted, venerated, ventilated, vested, vetted, vindicated, violated, visited, voted, wafted, waited, wasted, weighted, whetted, whited, wholehearted, wilted, witted, worsted, wrested.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: CIRCUMVENTED

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "c-c-d-e-e-i-m-n-r-t-u-v"

-2 letters: circumvent.

-3 letters: cinctured, reductive, unmerited, unmitered.

-4 letters: ceinture, cincture, creviced, curveted, decemvir, deuteric, duvetine, ecumenic, eductive, endermic, enuretic, incurved, inductee, invected, inverted, mutineer, reinduce, reinduct, reminted, retinued, reunited, rudiment, unmitred, ventured, verecund.

-5 letters: centime, centred, centric, centrum, cerumen, cervine, credent, crevice, decurve, demerit, denture, detinue, dimeter, eccrine, endemic, enteric, enticed, enticer, ermined, eructed, erudite.

 Words containing the letters "c-c-d-e-e-i-m-n-r-t-u-v"
 

+4 letters: overcommunicated.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: CIRCUMVENTED


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

43 49 52 43 55 4D 56 45 4E 54 45 44

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

-.-.    ..    .-.    -.-.    ..-    --    ...-    .    -.    -    .    -..

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000011 01001001 01010010 01000011 01010101 01001101 01010110 01000101 01001110 01010100 01000101 01000100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#67 &#73 &#82 &#67 &#85 &#77 &#86 &#69 &#78 &#84 &#69 &#68

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0043 0049 0052 0043 0055 004D 0056 0045 004E 0054 0045 0044

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

374352375547563948543938

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Non-English Dictionaries with "CIRCUMVENTED"

LanguageCoverageLanguage Translations

Chinese

字典 , 定義 , 定义, 翻译汉语, 中 , 漢 , 中國 , kineser, Chinois, Chinesisch, Κινέζος, κινέζικα, κινέζικοσ, κινέζοσ, σινικόσ, cinese, 중국, chinês, chino

Danish

ordbog, deskriptordefinition, oversættelse丹麦语, danois, dänisch, δανικόσ, δανόσ, danese, 덴마크, dinamarquês, danés

Dutch

woordenboek, definitie, translatie菏蘭語 , 荷兰语, hollandsk, néerlandais, holländisch, ολλανδικόσ, ολλανδόσ, olandese, 네덜란", holandês, holandés

French

dictionnaire, définition, traduction法國 , 法文 , 法語 , 法语, français, französisch, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, γάλλοσ, francese, "랑스, francês, francés

German

Übersetzung, Wörterbuch, Definition德语, 德國 , 德文 , 德語 , tysker, Duitse, allemand, "ερμανός, tedesco, 독일, alemão, alemán

Greek

λεξικό, ορισμός, μετάφραση希腊语, 希臘語 , græker, grec, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, greco, 그리스, grego, griego

Italian

dizionario, definizione, traduzione意大利 , 意大利語 , 意大利语, italiener, italien, italienisch, Ιταλός, italiano, 이탈리아

Korean

사 , 의, 번역韩国语, "國 , 朝鮮語 , Koreaans, coréen, koreanisch, Koreaner, κορεάτικοσ, κορεάτησ, 한국, coréia, a língua coreana, coreano

Portuguese

dicionário, definição, tradução葡萄牙語 , 葡萄牙人 , 葡萄牙语, portugiser, portugais, portugiesisch, πορτογάλοσ, ορτογάλος, portoghese, 포르투갈, português, portugués

Spanish

diccionario, definición, traducción西班牙語 , 西班牙文 , 西班牙语, Spaans, espagnol, spanisch, ισπανικά, ισπανικόσ, ισπανοί, spagnolo, 스페인, espanhol, español

English

Dictionary, Definition, Translation英语, 英國 , 英文 , 英 , 英語 , anglais, englisch, εγγλέζοσ, αγγλικόσ, inglese, 영국, inglês, inglés
 


INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Images: Photo Album
4. Quotations: Non-fiction
5. Usage Frequency
6. Translations: Modern
7. Rhymes
8. Anagrams
9. Orthography
10. Bibliography


  

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