navigateverb [ I or T ]
uk/ˈnæv.ɪ.ɡeɪt/us/ˈnæv.ə.ɡeɪt/transport to direct the way that a ship, aircraft, etc. will travel, or to find a direction across, along, or over an area of water or land, often by using a map:
Sailors have special equipment to help them navigate.
Even ancient ships were able to navigate large stretches of open water.
Some migrating birds can navigate by the moon (= using the moon as a guide).
There weren't any road signs to help us navigate through the maze of one-way streets.
We had to navigate several flights of stairs to find his office.
internet & telecoms to move around a website or computer screen, or between websites or screens:
Their website is fairly plain, but very easy to navigate.
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Navigation & shipwrecks
- astrolabe
- buoy
- channel
- chart
- circumnavigate
- lane
- lighthouse
- nautical mile
- navigable
- navigation
- navigational
- navigator
- quadrant
- refloat
- sea lane
- shipwreck
- sonar
- sound
- the doldrums
- wreck
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