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   navigate

   /ˈnavɪɡeɪt/

   verb

   • 1. plan and direct the course of a ship, aircraft, or other form of transport, especially by using instruments or maps: "they navigated by the stars" Similar steerplot a route/coursehelm
   • ▪ travel on a desired course after planning a route: "he taught them how to navigate across the oceans"
   • ▪ (of an animal) find its way: "whales use their own inbuilt sonar system to navigate"
   • ▪ (of a passenger in a vehicle) assist the driver by planning a route and map reading: "we'll go in my car—you can navigate" Similar map-readgive directionsplan the route
   • ▪ move around a website, the internet, etc.: "I used a browser to navigate around the Web"
   • ▪ (of a ship or boat) sail; proceed: "we sailed out while navigating around large icebergs"
   • 2. sail or travel over (a stretch of water or terrain), especially carefully or with difficulty: "ships had been lost while navigating the narrows" Similar sail across/oversailcruisetravel/journey/voyage across/overcrosstraversenegotiate
   • ▪ guide (a vessel or vehicle) over a specified route or terrain: "she navigated the car safely through the traffic" Similar steerpilotguidemanoeuvredirecthandledriveskippercaptainconhelm
   • ▪ guide or steer (someone): informal "Ted was navigating her towards the other end of the room"

   Word Origin late 16th century (in the sense ‘travel in a ship’): from Latin navigat- ‘sailed’, from the verb navigare, from navis ‘ship’ + agere ‘drive’.

   Scrabble Points: 12

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2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishNAVIGATE | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   • English (US)

     to direct the way that a ship, aircraft, etc. will travel,...

   • Simplified

     NAVIGATE translate: （常指借助地图）导航，确定…的方向, 浏览，访问（网站）. Learn more...

   • Traditional

     NAVIGATE translate: （常指借助地圖）導航，確定…的方向, 瀏覽，訪問（網站）. Learn more...

   • Navigate in Arabic

     NAVIGATE translate: يُبْحِر. Learn more in the Cambridge...

   • Navigate in Russian

     NAVIGATE translate: двигаться в определенном направлении,...

   • Navigate in Spanish

     NAVIGATE translate: navegar, navegar. Learn more in the...

   • Znaczenie Navigate, Definicja W Cambridge English Dictionary

     navigate definicja: 1. to direct the way that a ship,...

   • Navigate: Catalan Translation

     navigate translate: navegar. Learn more in the Cambridge...

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   Navigate definition: to move on, over, or through (water, air, or land) in a ship or aircraft. See examples of NAVIGATE used in a sentence.

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   To navigate is to determine a path or course. If you volunteer to navigate on your family’s road trip to Alaska, be sure you’re the type who’s willing to stop and ask for directions. Navigate, like “navy” and “naval,” comes from the Latin word navis meaning “ship.”

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