Definitions for navigate
ˈnæv ɪˌgeɪtnav·i·gate

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:2.0 / 1 vote

1. voyage, sail, navigateverb

   travel on water propelled by wind or by other means

   "The QE2 will sail to Southampton tomorrow"

2. navigate, pilotverb

   act as the navigator in a car, plane, or vessel and plan, direct, plot the path and position of the conveyance

   "Is anyone volunteering to navigate during the trip?"; "Who was navigating the ship during the accident?"

3. navigateverb

   direct carefully and safely

   "He navigated his way to the altar"

GCIDERate this definition:1.0 / 2 votes

1. Navigateverb

   To direct or operate a vehicle, especially a ship or aircraft.

2. Navigateverb

   To pass through, over, or around; -- used especially of a course having obstacles; as, to navigate around all the randomly scattered tables to the far side of the room.

3. Navigateverb

   To pass through, over, or around; -- used especially of a course having obstacles; as, to navigate all the randomly scattered tables to the far side of the room.

WiktionaryRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. navigateverb

   To plan, control and record the position and course of a vehicle, ship, aircraft etc on a journey; to follow a planned course.

   He navigated the bomber to the Ruhr.

2. navigateverb

   To travel over water in a ship; to sail.

   We navigated to France in the dinghy.

3. navigateverb

   To move from page to page on the internet or within a program by clicking on hyperlinks.

   It was difficult to navigate back to the home page.

4. Etymology: From Middle English navigate, from navigo, from navis + ago, from nau- (boat), possibly, from நாவாய்.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To Navigateverb

   To pass by ships or boats.

   Drusus, the father of the emperor Claudius, was the first who navigated the northern ocean. John Arbuthnot, on Coins.

2. To Navigateverb

   To sail; to pass by water.

   Etymology: navigo; Lat. naviger, Fr.

   The Phœnicians navigated to the extremities of the western ocean. John Arbuthnot, on Coins.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. navigate

   To navigate means to plan, direct, or plot a path or course from one location to another. This term can be used broadly to refer to a variety of contexts including physical travel, interaction with an environment, or management of complex systems or information. It involves making decisions and adjustments to reach a desired destination or goal.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:3.0 / 2 votes

1. Navigateverb

   to joirney by water; to go in a vessel or ship; to perform the duties of a navigator; to use the waters as a highway or channel for commerce or communication; to sail

2. Navigateverb

   to pass over in ships; to sail over or on; as, to navigate the Atlantic

3. Navigateverb

   to steer, direct, or manage in sailing; to conduct (ships) upon the water by the art or skill of seamen; as, to navigate a ship

4. Etymology: [L. navigatus, p. p. of navigare, v.t. & i.; navis ship + agere to move, direct. See Nave, and Agent.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Navigate

   nav′i-gāt, v.t. to steer or manage a ship in sailing: to sail upon.—v.i. to go in a vessel or ship: to sail.—ns. Navigabil′ity, Nav′igableness.—adj. Nav′igable, that may be passed by ships or vessels.—adv. Nav′igably.—ns. Navigā′tion, the act, science, or art of sailing ships: shipping generally: a canal or artificial waterway; Nav′igator, one who navigates or sails: one who directs the course of a ship.—Navigation laws, the laws passed from time to time to regulate the management and privileges of ships, and the conditions under which they may sail or carry on trade.—Aerial navigation, the management of balloons in motion; Inland navigation, the passing of boats, &c., along rivers and canals. [L. navigāre, -ātum—navis, a ship, agĕre, to drive.]

Editors ContributionRate this definition:3.0 / 3 votes

1. navigate

   To direct and control an aircraft, ship, vehicle, ferry, boat, ship, train, satellite or other forms of transport using software, technology, computer systems and other specific and accurate elements.

   My husband loves to drive and can navigate easily and effectively.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on March 16, 2020  

Matched Categories

1. • Guide
   • Steer
   • Travel

Anagrams for navigate »

1. vaginate

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of navigate in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of navigate in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of navigate in a Sentence

1. Raffaello Pantucci:

   The general business environment in China is perceived as becoming harder to navigate, and while companies still feel they have to engage given its size and potential, increasingly small to medium sized companies are giving up.

2. Laura Mazza:

   Cathy continued to claimthat providing children with phones and screens causes them to grow up not normal. Cathy then revealed that she raised her children before iPads had been invented. Firing back, Mazza says she responded, I am a parent that grew up using a rotary phone. I am one that have seen the World Wide Web expand to what it is now. I have seen both sides of the coin, and now I am a parent in this world of one side. MOM SAYS THEATERS SHOULDNT ALLOW CERTAIN HAIRSTYLES AFTER TALL WOMAN WITH A BUN BLOCKED HER VIEW She continued to arguethat navigating this new world can be a very scary time. We are having to navigate this world without the support system that once existed. Ive had no support, no aunties and uncles sitting inside my house. No big village. The internet has become my village, and sometimes its a cruel one. I can spend time online and Im already told all the ways I am doing it wrong.

3. Jeb Bush:

   Currently, agents have to navigate byzantine environmental rules and regulations to access federal lands, removing these restrictions would help untie the hands of our agents to patrol every inch of the border.

4. Claire Fallon:

   It magnifies and enacts the sort of reductive tropes and expectations we face in the real world, especially the real dating world, watching 'The Bachelor' means watching a more exaggerated version of the sexist landscape we navigate, but the exaggeration (and the remove of watching it on TV) makes it easier to observe, discuss, and critique.

5. Jared Kushner:

   It was truly a pleasure to work with Shahira on so many important issues including the historic tax reform package and criminal justice reform, her ability to navigate the politics on Capitol Hill will be greatly missed here at White House.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=navigate
2. ^ GCIDE
   https://gcide.gnu.org.ua/?q=navigate
3. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Navigate
4. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=navigate
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/navigate
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=navigate