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   Nav·i·gate

   /ˈnavəˌɡāt/

   

   verb

   • 1. plan and direct the route or course of a ship, aircraft, or other form of transportation, especially by using instruments or maps: "they navigated by the stars" Similar steerplot a route/coursehelm
   • ▪ travel on a desired course after planning a route: "he taught them how to navigate across the oceans"
   • ▪ (of an animal) find its way, especially over a long distance: "whales use their own inbuilt sonar system to navigate"
   • ▪ (of a passenger in a vehicle) assist the driver by reading the map and planning a route: "we'll go in my car—you can navigate" Similar map-readgive directionsplan the route
   • ▪ move from one accessible page, section, or view of a file or website to another: "the new layout makes it easier to navigate through their atlas of world maps"
   • ▪ (of a ship or boat) sail; proceed: "we sailed out surrounded by loose ice while navigating around larger grounded icebergs"
   • 2. sail or travel over (a stretch of water or terrain), especially carefully or with difficulty: "ships had been lost while navigating the narrows" Similar sail across/oversailcruisetravel/journey/voyage across/overcrosstraversenegotiate
   • ▪ guide (a vessel or vehicle) over a specified route or terrain: "she navigated the car safely through the traffic" Similar steerpilotguidemaneuverdirecthandledriveskippercaptainconhelm

   Word Origin late 16th century (in the sense ‘travel in a ship’): from Latin navigat- ‘sailed’, from the verb navigare, from navis ‘ship’ + agere ‘drive’.

   Scrabble Points: 12

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