navigate
- (transitive) To plan, control and record the position and course of a vehicle, ship, aircraft, etc., on a journey; to follow a planned course.
- (intransitive) To give directions, as from a map, to someone driving a vehicle.
- (intransitive) To travel over water in a ship; to sail.
- (transitive) To move between web pages, menus, etc. by means of hyperlinks, mouse clicks, or any other mechanism.
- (ambitransitive, figuratively) To find a way through a difficult situation or process.
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈnæv.ɪ.ɡeɪt/
Etymology
In summary
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”).
Related words
travel by water
pilot a ship
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navigieren
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