/ ˈnævɪgeɪt; NAmE / verb
1.
to find your position or the position of your ship, plane, car etc. and the direction you need to go in, for example by using a map :
[ v ]
to navigate by the stars
I'll drive, and you can navigate.
[ vn ]
How do you navigate your way through a forest?
2.
[ vn ] to sail along, over or through a sea, river etc. :
The river became too narrow and shallow to navigate.
3.
[ vn ] to find the right way to deal with a difficult or complicated situation :
We next had to navigate a complex network of committees.
4.
[ v , vn ] ( computing ) to find your way around on the Internet or on a particular website
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WORD ORIGIN
late 16th cent. (in the sense travel in a ship ): from Latin navigat- sailed, from the verb navigare , from navis ship + agere drive.