Definitions of navigate [ˈnæv ɪˌgeɪt]

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Definition of 'navigate'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.t.) navigate
to move on, over, or through (water, air, or land), esp. in a ship or aircraft.

2.  navigate
to direct or manage (a ship, aircraft, spacecraft, etc.) on its course.

3.  navigate
to ascertain or plot and control the course or position of (a ship, aircraft, etc.).

4.  navigate
to pass over (a body of water), as a ship does.

5.  navigate
to walk or to find one's way on, in, or across:
to navigate the stairs.

6. (v.i.) navigate
to direct or manage a ship, aircraft, spacecraft, etc., on its course.

7.  navigate
to pass over the water, as a ship does.

8.  navigate
to find one's way.

Etymology: (1580–90; < L nāvigātus, ptp. of nāvigāre to sail, der. of nāvis ship)

Definition of 'navigate'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (verb) voyage, sail, navigate
travel on water propelled by wind or by other means
"The QE2 will sail to Southampton tomorrow"

2. (verb) navigate, pilot
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?"; "Who was navigating the ship during the accident?"

3. (verb) navigate
direct carefully and safely
"He navigated his way to the altar"

Definition of 'navigate'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (verb) navigate
to guide a vehicle using maps and equipment
to navigate a tanker through the harbor; You drive, I'll navigate.

Definition of 'navigate'

Webster Dictionary

1. (verb) navigate
to joirney 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

2. (verb) navigate
to pass over in ships; to sail over or on; as, to navigate the Atlantic

3. (verb) navigate
to steer, direct, or manage in sailing; to conduct (ships) upon the water by the art or skill of seamen; as, to navigate a ship

Translation of 'navigate'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to direct, guide or move (a ship, aircraft etc) in a particular direction He navigated the ship through the dangerous rocks.
Afrikaans: navigeer	Arabic: يُبْحِر، يَقود سَفينَه أو	Bulgarian: управлявам
Brazilian: conduzir	Czech: řídit loď/letoun	German: steuern
Danish: navigere; manøvrere	Greek: οδηγώ, πλοηγώ	Spanish: gobernar
Estonian: (laeva, lennukit) juhtima	Farsi: هدایت کردن	Finnish: navigoida
French: naviguer	Hebrew: לְנַווֵט	Hindi: सही रास्ता पकड़ना उपकरणों
Croatian: ploviti, upravljati brodo	Hungarian: kormányoz	Indonesian: mengemudikan
Icelandic: sigla	Italian: navigare; governare; tene	Japanese: 航行する
Korean: 조종하다	Lithuanian: vairuoti (lėktuvą), vesti	Latvian: vadīt (kuģi, lidmašīnu)
Malay: mengemudi	Dutch: navigeren	Norwegian: styre, navigere
Polish: prowadzić statek/samolot	Persian: هدایت کردن	Pashto: لارښودنه
Portuguese: conduzir	Romanian: a naviga	Russian: управлять; вести
Slovak: viesť loď	Slovenian: krmariti	Serbian: upravljati brodom
Swedish: navigera, styra	Thai: เดินเรือ	Turkish: seyretmek, kullanmak
Taiwanese: 駕駛(船隻，飛機等)	Ukrainian: плавати; літати	Urdu: جہاز چلانا
Vietnamese: làm hoa tiêu	Chinese: 驾驶（船只，飞机等）
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