navigate
To plan, control and record the position and course of a vehicle, ship, aircraft,…To plan, control and record the position and course of a vehicle, ship, aircraft, etc., on a journey; to follow a planned course.
» Tom had difficulty navigating.
Тому было тяжело ориентироваться.
Тому было трудно ориентироваться.
Meaning
5 senses(transitive)To plan, control and record the position and course of a vehicle, ship, aircraft, etc., on a journey; to follow a planned course.
He navigated the bomber to the Ruhr.
die Richtung vorgeben, steuern
(intransitive)To give directions, as from a map, to someone driving a vehicle.
You drive. I'll navigate.
(intransitive)To travel over water in a ship; to sail.
We navigated to France in the dinghy.
über Wasser fahren
travel on water propelled by wind or by other means
(transitive)To move between web pages, menus, etc. by means of hyperlinks, mouse clicks, or any other mechanism.
It was difficult to navigate back to the home page.
surfen, navigieren im Internet
(ambitransitive, figuratively)To find a way through a difficult situation or process.
Examples
109 sentencesTom had difficulty navigating.
ruТому было тяжело ориентироваться. — scriptin
How do you navigate office politics?
Lorenzo navigated through the dark house.
Do you know how to navigate?
deKannst du navigieren? — Esperantostern
I navigated the uncertainties of life.
Translations
5 languagesBy meaning 3
Origin
First attested in 1588; borrowed from Latin nāvigātus, the perfect passive participle of nFirst 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”).
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Forms
navigates, navigating, navigated, navigatedSynonyms
3 synonymsWord family
12 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle