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Definition of navigate verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

     

    navigate

     verb
    verb
    NAmE//ˈnævəˌɡeɪt//
     
    Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they navigate
     
    he / she / it navigates
     
    past simple navigated
     
    -ing form navigating
     
     
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  1. 1[intransitive, transitive] to find your position or the position of your ship, plane, car, etc. and the direction you need to go in, for example by using a map I'll drive, and you can navigate. to navigate by the stars navigate your way… How do you navigate your way through a forest?
  2. 2[transitive] navigate something to sail along, over, or through an ocean, river, etc. The river became too narrow and shallow to navigate.
  3. 3[transitive] navigate something to find the right way to deal with a difficult or complicated situation We next had to navigate a complex network of committees.
  4. 4[intransitive, transitive] navigate (something) (computing) to find your way around on the Internet or on a particular Web site
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