navigate
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Middle English navigate, from Latin navigo, from nāvis (“ship”) + agō (“do”), from Proto-Indo-European *nau- (boat), possibly, from Tamil நாவாய் (nāvāi).
Pronunciation [edit]
Verb [edit]
navigate (third-person singular simple present navigates, present participle navigating, simple past and past participle navigated)
- (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.
- (intransitive) To travel over water in a ship; to sail.
- We navigated to France in the dinghy.
- (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 [edit]
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Translations [edit]
travel over water
move on the internet
External links [edit]
- 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
Esperanto [edit]
Adverb [edit]
navigate
- present adverbial passive participle of navigi
Italian [edit]
Verb [edit]
navigate
- second-person plural present indicative of navigare
- second-person plural imperative of navigare
- Feminine plural of navigato
Anagrams [edit]
Latin [edit]
Verb [edit]
nāvigāte
- second-person plural present active imperative of nāvigō
- "sail ye, navigate ye, travel ye by sea"
Participle [edit]
nāvigāte
- vocative masculine singular of nāvigātus
