navigate

CEFRC1

/ˈnæv.ɪ.ɡeɪt/

verb

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    To find and follow a route to a place.

  2. 02

    verb

    Extra detail

    To give directions, as from a map, to someone driving a vehicle.

Examples

  • Cetaceans are thought to use Earth's magnetic field to navigate.

  • Nowadays, we can navigate with just a smart phone.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
3

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meanings

  1. To travel over water in a ship; to sail.

  2. To plan, control and record the position and course of a vehicle, ship, aircraft, etc., on a journey; to follow a planned course.

  3. To move between web pages, menus, etc. by means of hyperlinks, mouse clicks, or any other mechanism.

More examples

In context

  • He navigated the bomber to the Ruhr.

  • We navigated to France in the dinghy.

  • You drive. I'll navigate.

Quick test

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Question 1 · Quick check

She used a detailed map to blank through the dense forest.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

verb

First attested in 1588; borrowed from Latin nāvigātus, the perfect passive participle of nāvigō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from nāvis (“ship”) + -igō, from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂us (“boat”).