Navigator Meaning
/ˈnavɪɡeɪtə/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounA person who navigates, especially an officer with that responsibility on a ship or an aircrew member with that responsibility on an aircraft.
nounA sea explorer.
Sentence Examples
My GPS navigator doesn't work abroad.
Tom uses Netscape Navigator.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The skilled ____ guided the large ship safely to the busy harbor.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
He served as the lead ____ on the expedition across the Atlantic.
Word Origin & History
From Latin nāvigātor. By surface analysis, navigate + -or.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"The increases kept many navigator groups, which help people pick policies, very busy.
At the United Way of Metropolitan Dallas, 34 navigators helped up to 120 residents select plans each week during this open enrollment season, which ran from November 1 through January 16, said Daniel Bouton, vice president for health and wellness at the nonprofit group."
— 2024 January 24, Tami Luhby, “Obamacare sign-ups hit record 21.3 million as Biden pushes his efforts to lower health care costs”, in CNN:
"He felt having a Micronesian navigator meant he needed a pureblooded Polynesian, preferably a Hawaiian, as captain."
— 2007 May 27, Douglas Martin, “Kawika Kapahulehua Dies; Hawaiian Seafarer Was 76”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 08 Jun 2021:
"Although the window looks like a view of files and folders on disk, the “folders” that appear here are called groups; they don't exist on disk. They appear in the navigator because it's convenient to group related files together […]"
— 2012, Richard Wentk, iOS App Development Portable Genius, page 38:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The skilled ____ guided the large ship safely to the busy harbor.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
He served as the lead ____ on the expedition across the Atlantic.