navigate

Etymology

From Middle English navigate, from Latin nāvigō, from nāvis (“ship”) + agō (“do”), from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂us (“boat”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈnæv.ɪ.ɡeɪt/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈnæv.ɪ.ɡeɪt/, enPR: năv′-ĭ-gāt

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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 between web pages, menus, etc. by means of hyperlinks, mouse clicks, or any other mechanism.

   It was difficult to navigate back to the home page.

Further reading

• 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

Anagrams

• vaginate

Adverb

navigate

1. present adverbial passive participle of navigi

Verb

navigate

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

Anagrams

• negativa

Verb

nāvigāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of nāvigō

Participle

nāvigāte

1. vocative masculine singular of nāvigātus