NAVIGATE


Meaning of NAVIGATE in English

(~s, navigating, ~d)

1.

When someone ~s a ship or an aircraft somewhere, they decide which course to follow and steer it there. You can also say that a ship or an aircraft ~s somewhere.

Captain Cook safely ~d his ship without accident for 100 voyages...

The purpose of the visit was to ~ into an ice-filled fiord.

...the new navigation system which will enable aircraft to ~ with total pinpoint accuracy.

VERB: V n, V prep/adv, V

navigation (navigations)

The expedition was wrecked by bad planning and poor navigation.

...the boat’s navigation system.

N-VAR

2.

When a ship or boat ~s an area of water, it sails on or across it.

...a lock system to allow sea-going craft to ~ the upper reaches of the river...

Such boats can ~ on the Nile.

= sail

VERB: V n, V prep

3.

When someone in a car ~s, they decide what roads the car should be driven along in order to get somewhere.

When travelling on fast roads at night it is impossible to drive and ~ at the same time.

...the relief at successfully navigating across the Golden Gate Bridge to arrive here...

They had just ~d their way through Maidstone on their way to the coast.

VERB: V, V prep/adv, V way prep, also V n

4.

When fish, animals, or insects ~ somewhere, they find the right direction to go and travel there.

In tests, the bees ~ back home after being placed in a field a mile away.

VERB: V adv/prep, also V

5.

If you ~ an obstacle, you move carefully in order to avoid hitting the obstacle or hurting yourself.

He was not able to walk without a cane and could only ~ steps backwards...

In the corridors he let her ~ her own way round the trolleys and other obstacles...

If guests wished to use the sofa, they had first to ~ around chairs in the middle of the room.

= negotiate

VERB: V n, V way prep, V prep/adv

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