navigate

English

Etymology

From Middle English navigate, from Latin navigo, from nāvis (“ship”) + agō (“do”), from Proto-Indo-European *nau- (boat), possibly, from Tamil நாவாய் (nāvāi).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈnæv.ɪ.ɡeɪt/, SAMPA: /"n{v.I.geIt/

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Verb

navigate (third-person singular simple present navigates, present participle navigating, simple past and past participle navigated)

1. (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.

2. (intransitive) To travel over water in a ship; to sail.

   We navigated to France in the dinghy.

3. (intransitive, computing) To move from page to page on the internet or within a program by clicking on hyperlinks.

   It was difficult to navigate back to the home page.

Derived terms

• navigation
• navigator
• navigable

Related terms

• naval
• navy

Translations

plan, control

Dutch: navigeren (nl)

travel over water

Afrikaans: navigeer Dutch: varen (nl), navigeren (nl) French: naviguer (fr) Latin: navigare (la)

Norwegian: navigere (no) Portuguese: navegar (pt) Spanish: navegar (es)

move on the internet

Afrikaans: navigeer Dutch: navigeren (nl), surfen (nl) French: naviguer (fr)

Portuguese: navegar (pt) Spanish: navegar (es)

External links

• navigate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• navigate in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• navigate at OneLook Dictionary Search

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Adverb

navigate

1. present adverbial passive participle of navigi

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Italian

Verb

navigate

1. second-person plural present indicative of navigare
2. second-person plural imperative of navigare
3. Feminine plural of navigato

Anagrams

• negativa

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Latin

Verb

nāvigāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of nāvigō  "sail ye, navigate ye, travel ye by sea"

Participle

nāvigāte

1. vocative masculine singular of nāvigātus