navigate

B2 Topic:Actions & Processes

US /ˈnæv.ɪ.ɡeɪt/ UK /ˈnæv.ɪ.ɡeɪt/ See IPA manual

Freq #13420

Meanings

1

verb
To find the right way to get to a place, especially using a map or instruments.

You drive and I'll navigate.
2

verb
To find your way around a website, menu, or computer program.

The new app is easy to navigate.
3

verb
To deal successfully with a difficult or complicated situation.

It can be hard to navigate the rules for getting a visa.
4

verb
To sail or steer a boat, ship, or aircraft along a planned route.

They navigated the small boat across the channel.

Verb forms

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Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 verb · to find the right way to... pilot

4 verb · to sail or steer a boat,... voyage

Word family

Forms navigatednavigatesnavigating

Derived forms astrogatemisnavigatenavigatableneuronavigaterenavigateunnavigated

Related forms circumnavigate naval navigable navigation navigator navy

Etymology

First attested in 1588; borrowed from Latin nāvigātus, the perfect passive participle of nāvigō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from nāvis (“ship”) + -igō, from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂us (“boat”).

*h₂eǵ- Proto-Indo-European *néh₂us Proto-Indo-European

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# navigate

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B2
**Part of speech:** verb
**IPA (US):** /ˈnæv.ɪ.ɡeɪt/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈnæv.ɪ.ɡeɪt/
**Frequency rank:** 13420

## Meanings
1. To find the right way to get to a place, especially using a map or instruments.
2. To find your way around a website, menu, or computer program.
3. To deal successfully with a difficult or complicated situation.
4. To sail or steer a boat, ship, or aircraft along a planned route.

## Examples
- You drive and I'll navigate.
- The new app is easy to navigate.
- It can be hard to navigate the rules for getting a visa.
- They navigated the small boat across the channel.

## Derived Forms
- astrogate
- misnavigate
- navigatable
- neuronavigate
- renavigate
- unnavigated

## Related Forms
- circumnavigate
- naval
- navigable
- navigation
- navigator
- navy

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *h₂eǵ-
- Root: *néh₂us

## Etymology
First attested in 1588; borrowed from Latin nāvigātus, the perfect passive participle of nāvigō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from nāvis (“ship”) + -igō, from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂us (“boat”).

## AI Etymology
Navigate is first attested in 1588; borrowed from Latin nāvigātus, the perfect passive participle of nāvigō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from nāvis (“ship”) + -igō, from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂us (“boat”). In present-day English its meanings include to find the right way to get to a place, especially using a map or instruments, to find your way around a website, menu, or computer program, and to deal successfully with a difficult or complicated situation. The historical chain runs through *h₂eǵ- (Proto-Indo-European) and *néh₂us (Proto-Indo-European). Related and derived forms include circumnavigate, naval, navigable, and astrogate.

## Topics
- Actions & Processes

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