Meaning of navigate in English
Verb
navigateEtymology
late 16th century (in the sense ‘travel in a ship’): from Latin navigat-‘sailed’, from the verb navigare, from navis‘ship’ + agere‘drive’Definitions
1. travel by boat on a boat propelled by wind or by other meansExamples
- « The QE2 will sail to Southampton tomorrow »
- 2. act as the navigator in a car, plane, or vessel and plan, direct, plot the path and position of the conveyance
Examples
- « Is anyone volunteering to navigate during the trip? »
- « Who was navigating the ship during the accident? »
- 3. direct carefully and safely
Examples
- « He navigated his way to the altar »