Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To plan and direct the course of a vessel or vehicle.
- intransitive verb To give directions to the driver of an automobile, especially by reading a map. Used of a passenger.
- intransitive verb To know or determine a migratory course. Used of an animal.
- intransitive verb To travel over a planned course or route, especially in a boat or ship.
- intransitive verb To make or find a course or way.
- intransitive verb To make sequential progress through something.
- intransitive verb To direct (a vessel or vehicle) over a planned course.
- intransitive verb To follow or find a course across, over, or through.
- intransitive verb To progress through (something) sequentially.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To move from place to place in a ship; sail.
- To direct or manage a ship.
- To pass over in ships; sail on.
- To steer, direct, or manage in sailing; direct the course of, as a vessel, from one place to another: as, to
navigate a ship.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To pass over in ships; to sail over or on.
- transitive verb To steer, direct, or manage in sailing; to conduct (ships) upon the water by the art or skill of seamen.
- transitive verb To pass through, over, or around; -- used especially of a course having obstacles.
- intransitive verb To journey by water; to go in a vessel or ship; to perform the duties of a navigator; to use the waters as a highway or channel for commerce or communication; to sail.
- intransitive verb To direct or operate a vehicle, especially a ship or aircraft.
- intransitive verb To pass through, over, or around; -- used especially of a course having obstacles.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive To
plan ,control andrecord theposition andcourse of avehicle ,ship ,aircraft etc on ajourney ; tofollow a planned course. - verb intransitive To
travel overwater in aship ; tosail . - verb intransitive, computing To move from
page to page on theinternet or within a program byclicking onhyperlinks .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb travel on water propelled by wind or by other means
- verb direct carefully and safely
- verb act as the navigator in a car, plane, or vessel and plan, direct, plot the path and position of the conveyance
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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I use the word "navigate" because I tend to think of the chemical world as an unfinished map.
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Now if only there were an easy way to navigate from the page the RSS takes me to, directly to the comic.
EXTRALIFE – By Scott Johnson - Comic RSS feed finally available
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But inability to navigate is as incomprehensible to me as colorblindness, or discalculia.
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Once upon a time I was able to skate down stairs, jump curbs, slolam down steep hills, in short, navigate just about any urban situation that got thrown at me.
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It’s just that an easy way to navigate is to use the names of objects as benchmarks.
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It’s just that an easy way to navigate is to use the names of objects as benchmarks.
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I've found the most convenient way to navigate is to after selecting a year, click on the title page and then select the 'Vorschau' tab.
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Handed a political landscape of broad competing interests, the best way to navigate is to offer a broad but concrete goal and jump hurdles.
Barack Obama, Campaign Manager: How The 2008 Playbook Passed Health Care
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A great way to navigate is to check out a directory of stores that qualify as sanctioned “green” shopping sites.
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A great way to navigate is to check out a directory of stores that qualify as sanctioned “green” shopping sites.
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