navigate

Language: en

🇬🇧 /ˈnævɪˌgeɪt/ 🇺🇸 /ˈnævəˌgeɪt/

📖 Definitions

  1. verb
    To plan and direct the course of a ship, aircraft, or other form of transportation, especially by using instruments or maps.; To travel on or over a body of water or through the air.; To find one's way through a complex environment, situation, or set of information.; To move through or around something, especially with difficulty or care.; To browse or move through pages, menus, or sections of a website or digital interface.; To manage or deal with a difficult or delicate situation successfully.; To steer or guide a vehicle along a route.

🔗 Details

Word forms

3rd sing.: navigates Past: navigated Past part.: navigated Pres part.: navigating

Collocations

navigate throughnavigate the watersnavigate a coursenavigate the internetnavigate by the starsnavigate a website

Derivatives

navigationnavigatornavigablenavigabilitynavigational

Synonyms

steerpilotguidedirectmaneuversail

Antonyms

driftwander

Commonly confused

negotiate
EN: 'Negotiate' can mean to find a way through (similar to navigate) but primarily means to discuss terms to reach an agreement.
navigate
EN: 'Navigate' implies planning and directing a route; 'steer' focuses more on the physical act of controlling direction.

Spelling tips

EN: Remember the soft 'g' sound: it is 'navigate,' not 'navagate' or 'naviguate.' The root is from Latin 'navigare' (to sail).

💬 Examples

  1. The captain navigated the ship through the narrow strait.

  2. They navigated the river for three days before reaching the village.

  3. She had to navigate the complicated bureaucracy to get her visa approved.

  4. He carefully navigated the crowded room to reach the exit.

  5. Users can easily navigate the website using the top menu bar.

  6. The diplomat skillfully navigated the tense negotiations between the two countries.

  7. She navigated the car through the winding mountain roads.