to move on, over, or through (water, air, or land) in a ship or aircraft:
to navigate a river.
2.
to direct or manage (a ship, aircraft, or guided missile) on its course.
3.
to ascertain or plot and control the course or position of (a ship, aircraft, etc.).
4.
to pass over (the sea or other body of water), as a ship does.
5.
to walk or find one's way on, in, or across:
It was difficult to navigate the stairs in the dark.
6.
to move or progress through in a logical sequence:
Headings and subheadings make it easier to navigate a long article.
7.
Computers. to move from one part to another of (a website, document, etc.), especially by using the links:
Their site is uncluttered and easy to navigate.
verb (used without object), navigated, navigating.
8.
to direct or manage a ship, aircraft, or guided missile on its course.
9.
to pass over the water, as a ship does.
10.
to walk or find one's way.
11.
to travel by ship or boat; sail.
12.
to move or progress through something in a logical sequence:
We’re navigating through a maze of environmental legislation.
13.
Computers. to move from one part to another of a website, document, etc.
Origin
1580-90; < Latinnāvigātus, past participle of nāvigāre to sail, derivative of nāvis ship; for formation, see fumigate
Related forms
misnavigate, verb, misnavigated, misnavigating.
renavigate, verb (used with object), renavigated, renavigating.
unnavigated, adjective
well-navigated, adjective
Examples from the web for navigate
With water levels tamed by damming, barges can navigate far upstream.
Not only have water bicycles been proposed, but also machines to navigate the air.
But if you can navigate those, and slip past the politicians, there may be something else lurking in the water: big sharks.
Animals that navigate through vision still need light to guide them, however.
Emeritus professors served as their mentors, helping them navigate their freshman and sophomore years.
But seriously, considering all the information it has to present, it's pretty easy to navigate through.
The finding strongly supports the hypothesis that migratory birds use their visual system to navigate using the magnetic field.
It's impossible to pinpoint where our ability to navigate lies.
Some people think that cell phones disrupt bees' ability to navigate.
Soccer players know the secret of predicting where to go as they navigate around other humans, but the rest of us are dummies.
British Dictionary definitions for navigate
navigate
/ˈnævɪˌɡeɪt/
verb
1.
to plan, direct, or plot the path or position of (a ship, an aircraft, etc)
2.
(transitive) to travel over, through, or on (water, air, or land) in a boat, aircraft, etc
3.
(informal) to direct (oneself, one's way, etc) carefully or safely: he navigated his way to the bar
4.
(intransitive) (of a passenger in a motor vehicle) to give directions to the driver; point out the route
5.
(intransitive) (rare) to voyage in a ship; sail
Word Origin
C16: from Latin nāvigāre to sail, from nāvis ship + agere to drive
Word Origin and History for navigate
v.
1580s, a back-formation from navigation, or else from Latin navigatus, past participle of navigare. Extended to balloons (1784) and later to aircraft (1901). Related: Navigated; navigating.