Get to know Circumambulate better with 3 real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like circle.
Circumambulate in a sentence
Circumambulate meaning
To walk around something in a circle, especially for a ritual purpose.
Synonyms of Circumambulate
Using Circumambulate
- The main meaning on this page is: To walk around something in a circle, especially for a ritual purpose.
- Useful related words include: walk around, circle.
- In the example corpus, circumambulate often appears in combinations such as: circumambulate the.
Context around Circumambulate
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 1 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 3 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Circumambulate
- In this selection, "circumambulate" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 22.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, pilgrims, girls and worshippers stand out and add context to how "circumambulate" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include muslim pilgrims circumambulate around the and muslim worshippers circumambulate the sacred. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "circumambulate" sits close to words such as aabc, aacr and aacsb, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with circumambulate
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Muslim worshippers circumambulate the sacred Kaaba in Mecca's Grand Mosque, Islam's holiest site, on March 7, 2020. (19 words)
On the other hand, while girls circumambulate the temple, men would sometimes grab them in the dark and pull them away. (21 words)
Thousands of Muslim pilgrims circumambulate around the Kaaba, the cubic building at the Grand Mosque, during the annual Haj pilgrimage, in Mecca, Saudi Arabia on Jun 25, 2023. (28 words)
Thousands of Muslim pilgrims circumambulate around the Kaaba, the cubic building at the Grand Mosque, during the annual Haj pilgrimage, in Mecca, Saudi Arabia on Jun 25, 2023. (28 words)
On the other hand, while girls circumambulate the temple, men would sometimes grab them in the dark and pull them away. (21 words)
Muslim worshippers circumambulate the sacred Kaaba in Mecca's Grand Mosque, Islam's holiest site, on March 7, 2020. (19 words)
Example sentences (3)
Thousands of Muslim pilgrims circumambulate around the Kaaba, the cubic building at the Grand Mosque, during the annual Haj pilgrimage, in Mecca, Saudi Arabia on Jun 25, 2023.
On the other hand, while girls circumambulate the temple, men would sometimes grab them in the dark and pull them away.
Muslim worshippers circumambulate the sacred Kaaba in Mecca's Grand Mosque, Islam's holiest site, on March 7, 2020.
Common combinations with circumambulate
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: