"navigate" meaning in English

See navigate in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈnæv.ɪ.ɡeɪt/ [UK], /ˈnæv.ɪ.ɡeɪt/ [US] Audio: En-us-navigate.ogg Forms: navigates [present, singular, third-person], navigating [participle, present], navigated [participle, past], navigated [past]
enPR: năv′-ĭ-gāt [US] Etymology: From Middle English navigate, from Latin nāvigō, from nāvis (“ship”) + agō (“do”), from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂us (“boat”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*h₂eǵ-}}, {{inh|en|enm|navigate}} Middle English navigate, {{der|en|la|nāvigō}} Latin nāvigō, {{der|en|ine-pro|*néh₂us||boat}} Proto-Indo-European *néh₂us (“boat”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} navigate (third-person singular simple present navigates, present participle navigating, simple past and past participle navigated)
  1. (transitive) To plan, control and record the position and course of a vehicle, ship, aircraft, etc., on a journey; to follow a planned course. Tags: transitive Translations (plan, control): навигирам (navigiram) (Bulgarian), navigeren (Dutch), ohjata (Finnish), suunnistaa (Finnish), die Richtung vorgeben (German), steuern (German), נִוֵּט (nivvét) (Hebrew), seguire (Italian), dirigere (Italian), gubernō (Latin), навиги́ра (navigíra) (Macedonian)
    Sense id: en-navigate-en-verb-EGaaf9eh Disambiguation of 'plan, control': 84 9 0 4 3
  2. (intransitive) To give directions, as from a map, to someone driving a vehicle. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-navigate-en-verb-dt3~mVMu
  3. (intransitive) To travel over water in a ship; to sail. Tags: intransitive Translations (travel over water): navigeer (Afrikaans), плавам (plavam) (Bulgarian), navegar (Catalan), varen (Dutch), navigeren (Dutch), purjehtia (Finnish), navigoida (Finnish), naviguer (French), über Wasser fahren (German), נִוֵּט (nivet) [masculine] (Hebrew), navigare (Italian), nāvigō (Latin), пло́ви (plóvi) (Macedonian), корми́лари (kormílari) (Macedonian), whakatere (Maori), navigere (Norwegian), navegar (Portuguese), navegar (Spanish), navigera (Swedish), hwylio (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-navigate-en-verb-TIrzT4mT Disambiguation of 'travel over water': 4 0 96 0 0
  4. (transitive, computing) To move between web pages, menus, etc. by means of hyperlinks, mouse clicks, or any other mechanism. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Computing Translations (move on the internet): navigeer (Afrikaans), сърфирам (sǎrfiram) (Bulgarian), navegar (Catalan), navigeren (Dutch), surfen (Dutch), siirtyä (Finnish), navigoida (Finnish), naviguer (French), surfen (German), navigieren im Internet (German), navigare (Italian), су́рфа (súrfa) (Macedonian), ناوبری (nâvbari) (Persian), navegar (Portuguese), navegar (Spanish), surfa (Swedish), navigera (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-navigate-en-verb-4HAgXSQV Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Afrikaans translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Norwegian translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Welsh translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 5 2 81 7 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 9 9 7 63 12 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 2 2 1 29 2 28 25 3 2 2 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 1 1 31 1 23 31 2 1 2 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Afrikaans translations: 12 13 6 58 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 14 15 5 53 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 12 13 6 58 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 11 11 9 56 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 12 13 6 58 10 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 12 12 9 54 13 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 9 10 6 63 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 12 13 6 58 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 9 9 7 66 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 9 9 7 66 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 12 13 6 58 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 12 13 6 58 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian translations: 12 13 6 58 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 12 13 6 58 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 11 12 5 62 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 8 9 7 66 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 12 13 6 59 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Welsh translations: 11 11 10 56 12 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'move on the internet': 21 9 0 59 11
  5. (transitive, figurative) To find a way through a difficult situation or process. Tags: figuratively, transitive
    Sense id: en-navigate-en-verb-51XHx8B-
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hyponyms: circumnavigate, negotiate Derived forms: navigation, navigator, navigable Related terms: naval, navy

Inflected forms

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      "word": "navigation"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "navigator"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "navigable"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
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      "name": "inh"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "nāvigō"
      },
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        "4": "",
        "5": "boat"
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      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English navigate, from Latin nāvigō, from nāvis (“ship”) + agō (“do”), from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂us (“boat”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "navigates",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "navigating",
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        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "navigated",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "navigated",
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        "past"
      ]
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      "word": "circumnavigate"
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  "pos": "verb",
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "naval"
    },
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He navigated the bomber to the Ruhr.",
          "type": "example"
        }
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        "To plan, control and record the position and course of a vehicle, ship, aircraft, etc., on a journey; to follow a planned course."
      ],
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        [
          "control",
          "control"
        ],
        [
          "record",
          "record"
        ],
        [
          "position",
          "position"
        ],
        [
          "course",
          "course"
        ],
        [
          "vehicle",
          "vehicle"
        ],
        [
          "ship",
          "ship"
        ],
        [
          "aircraft",
          "aircraft"
        ],
        [
          "journey",
          "journey"
        ],
        [
          "follow",
          "follow"
        ]
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        "(transitive) To plan, control and record the position and course of a vehicle, ship, aircraft, etc., on a journey; to follow a planned course."
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        "transitive"
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          "_dis1": "84 9 0 4 3",
          "code": "bg",
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          "roman": "navigiram",
          "sense": "plan, control",
          "word": "навигирам"
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          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "plan, control",
          "word": "navigeren"
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        {
          "_dis1": "84 9 0 4 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "plan, control",
          "word": "ohjata"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 9 0 4 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "plan, control",
          "word": "suunnistaa"
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          "_dis1": "84 9 0 4 3",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "plan, control",
          "word": "die Richtung vorgeben"
        },
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          "_dis1": "84 9 0 4 3",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "plan, control",
          "word": "steuern"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 9 0 4 3",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "nivvét",
          "sense": "plan, control",
          "word": "נִוֵּט"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 9 0 4 3",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "plan, control",
          "word": "seguire"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 9 0 4 3",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "plan, control",
          "word": "dirigere"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 9 0 4 3",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "plan, control",
          "word": "gubernō"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 9 0 4 3",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "navigíra",
          "sense": "plan, control",
          "word": "навиги́ра"
        }
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        {
          "text": "You drive. I'll navigate.",
          "type": "example"
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        "To give directions, as from a map, to someone driving a vehicle."
      ],
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        "(intransitive) To give directions, as from a map, to someone driving a vehicle."
      ],
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        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
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        {
          "text": "We navigated to France in the dinghy.",
          "type": "example"
        }
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        "To travel over water in a ship; to sail."
      ],
      "id": "en-navigate-en-verb-TIrzT4mT",
      "links": [
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          "travel",
          "travel"
        ],
        [
          "water",
          "water"
        ],
        [
          "ship",
          "ship"
        ],
        [
          "sail",
          "sail"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To travel over water in a ship; to sail."
      ],
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        "intransitive"
      ],
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          "code": "af",
          "lang": "Afrikaans",
          "sense": "travel over water",
          "word": "navigeer"
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          "_dis1": "4 0 96 0 0",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "plavam",
          "sense": "travel over water",
          "word": "плавам"
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          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "travel over water",
          "word": "navegar"
        },
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          "_dis1": "4 0 96 0 0",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "travel over water",
          "word": "varen"
        },
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          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "travel over water",
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "travel over water",
          "word": "purjehtia"
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          "sense": "travel over water",
          "word": "navigoida"
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          "_dis1": "4 0 96 0 0",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "travel over water",
          "word": "naviguer"
        },
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          "_dis1": "4 0 96 0 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "travel over water",
          "word": "über Wasser fahren"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 0 96 0 0",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "nivet",
          "sense": "travel over water",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "נִוֵּט"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 0 96 0 0",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "travel over water",
          "word": "navigare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 0 96 0 0",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "travel over water",
          "word": "nāvigō"
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        {
          "_dis1": "4 0 96 0 0",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "plóvi",
          "sense": "travel over water",
          "word": "пло́ви"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 0 96 0 0",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "kormílari",
          "sense": "travel over water",
          "word": "корми́лари"
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        {
          "_dis1": "4 0 96 0 0",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "travel over water",
          "word": "whakatere"
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        {
          "_dis1": "4 0 96 0 0",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "travel over water",
          "word": "navigere"
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          "_dis1": "4 0 96 0 0",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "travel over water",
          "word": "navegar"
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          "_dis1": "4 0 96 0 0",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "travel over water",
          "word": "navegar"
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        {
          "_dis1": "4 0 96 0 0",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "travel over water",
          "word": "navigera"
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        {
          "_dis1": "4 0 96 0 0",
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "travel over water",
          "word": "hwylio"
        }
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        {
          "text": "It was difficult to navigate back to the home page.",
          "type": "example"
        }
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      "glosses": [
        "To move between web pages, menus, etc. by means of hyperlinks, mouse clicks, or any other mechanism."
      ],
      "id": "en-navigate-en-verb-4HAgXSQV",
      "links": [
        [
          "computing",
          "computing#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "web page",
          "web page"
        ],
        [
          "menu",
          "menu"
        ],
        [
          "hyperlink",
          "hyperlink"
        ],
        [
          "mouse",
          "mouse"
        ],
        [
          "click",
          "click"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, computing) To move between web pages, menus, etc. by means of hyperlinks, mouse clicks, or any other mechanism."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "computing",
        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "21 9 0 59 11",
          "code": "af",
          "lang": "Afrikaans",
          "sense": "move on the internet",
          "word": "navigeer"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "21 9 0 59 11",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "sǎrfiram",
          "sense": "move on the internet",
          "word": "сърфирам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "21 9 0 59 11",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "move on the internet",
          "word": "navegar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "21 9 0 59 11",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "move on the internet",
          "word": "navigeren"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "21 9 0 59 11",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "move on the internet",
          "word": "surfen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "21 9 0 59 11",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "move on the internet",
          "word": "siirtyä"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "21 9 0 59 11",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "move on the internet",
          "word": "navigoida"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "21 9 0 59 11",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "move on the internet",
          "word": "naviguer"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "21 9 0 59 11",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "move on the internet",
          "word": "surfen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "21 9 0 59 11",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "move on the internet",
          "word": "navigieren im Internet"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "21 9 0 59 11",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "move on the internet",
          "word": "navigare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "21 9 0 59 11",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "súrfa",
          "sense": "move on the internet",
          "word": "су́рфа"
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