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navigate

/ˈnæv.ɪ.ɡeɪt/verb3 syllables

Navigate means: travel on water propelled by wind or by other means.

Synonyms for navigate3

verb, as in travel on water propelled by wind or by other means

voyage, sail

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

pilot

What does navigate mean?3

verb

1

travel on water propelled by wind or by other means“The QE2 will sail to Southampton tomorrow”

2

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?”

3

direct carefully and safely“He navigated his way to the altar”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Navigate in a sentence

  • Nowadays, we can navigate with just a smart phone.orcrist
  • We navigate the journey together, finding strength in each other.Igider
  • You navigate life with grace, even in the face of uncertainty.Igider
  • I can barely ski, let alone navigate a slalom.rul
  • Sami used a flashlight to navigate in the attic.OsoHombre
  • Sami knew how to navigate through that entire house without being heard.OsoHombre
  • Hedgehogs rely heavily on their hearing to navigate their surroundings.Amastan
  • Dung beetles use the position of the stars to navigate.Amastan

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of navigate

as a verb

past tense
navigated
present participle
navigating
third-person singular
navigates
past participle
navigated