- [intransitive, transitive] to plan and direct the course of ship, plane, car etc., for example by using a map
- to navigate by the stars
- I'll drive, and you can navigate.
- navigate through something There's nothing worse than navigating through heavy traffic.
- navigate your way… How do you navigate your way through a forest?
Extra Examples- Pigeons navigate less accurately when the earth's magnetic field is disturbed.
- She became expert in driving and navigating across the desert.
- These birds navigate by the sun.
- learning to navigate your way through a forest
- Most planes now use computer technology to navigate.
- Every day the ship carefully navigated through the channels of blue icebergs.
- Ships used to be navigated by the stars.
Topics Transport by waterb2, Transport by airb2, Transport by car or lorryb2Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- safely
- carefully
- successfully
- …
prepositionphrasesSee full entry
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- [transitive] navigate something to sail along, over or through a sea, river etc.
- The river became too narrow and shallow to navigate.
- Only the best-trained captains could safely navigate these routes.
Topics Transport by waterb2Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- safely
- carefully
- successfully
- …
prepositionphrasesSee full entry
- [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.
Extra Examples- Those who successfully navigate this social minefield are accepted by the royal family.
- She managed to successfully navigate the complex world of corporate finance.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- safely
- carefully
- successfully
- …
prepositionphrasesSee full entry - [intransitive, transitive] (computing) to find your way around on the internet or on a particular website
- Customers will be able to navigate easily throughout the site.
- navigate (through) something Lots of these sites are hard to navigate through.
Topics Phones, email and the internetc1Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- safely
- carefully
- successfully
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prepositionphrasesSee full entry Word Originlate 16th cent. (in the sense ‘travel in a ship’): from Latin navigat- ‘sailed’, from the verb navigare, from navis ‘ship’ + agere ‘drive’.
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