navigation

CEFRB2

/nævɪˈɡeɪʃən/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    The process of planning and following a route.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A canal; a waterway comprising one or more canals and river stretches in communication with one another.

Examples

  • Early explorers used the stars for navigation.

  • The harbor is closed to navigation.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. Traffic or travel by vessel, especially commercial shipping.

  2. The theory, practice and technology of charting a course for a road vehicle, ship, aircraft, or spaceship.

  3. The act of accessing different components of the user interface of software.

More examples

In context

  • A maker of in-car navigation systems

  • An ocean-going yachtsman must be competent at night navigation

  • the Schuylkill Navigation

Quick test

Two questions on this entry. Nothing is scored.

Question 1 · Quick check

The ship's very advanced blank system helped it avoid dangerous underwater rocks.

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

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Origin

noun

Borrowed from Middle French navigation, from Latin nāvigātiōnem, accusative singular of nāvigātiō (“sailing, navigation”), from nāvigō (“sail”). Morphologically navigate + -ion.