navigate
/ˈnæv.ɪ.ɡeɪt/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.68 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To plan, control and record the position and course of a vehicle, ship, aircraft, etc., on a journey; to follow a planned course.
Transitive verb
verb
To move between web pages, menus, etc. by means of hyperlinks, mouse clicks, or any other mechanism.
Transitive verb
Example Sentences
- "He navigated the bomber to the Ruhr."
- "Earlier this month, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration began an investigation into four crashes of Teslas operating with a partial-automation system (which can navigate highways and steer the car on city streets but requires a licensed driver to be present), including one in which a pedestrian was killed. In a news release, NHTSA said reduced visibility may have led to the crashes."
- "You drive. I'll navigate."
- "We navigated to France in the dinghy."
- "It was difficult to navigate back to the home page."
- "However, given current sensibilities about individual privacy and data protection, the recording of oral data is becoming increasingly onerous for researchers who are obliged to navigate an often time-consuming and complex series of administrative requirements and corollary review processes in order to be granted ethics clearance."
Etymology
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”).
Origin
- Source language: Proto-Indo-European
- First known use: First attested in 1588
Word Breakdown
- Root: *h₂eǵ-, *néh₂us
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈnæv.ɪ.ɡeɪt/
- British English: /ˈnæv.ɪ.ɡeɪt/