navigation

B2 Topic:Maritime & Sailing

US /nævɪˈɡeɪʃən/ See IPA manual

Freq #12051

Meanings

1

noun
The skill of planning and following a route for a ship, aircraft, or vehicle.

Good navigation is essential when sailing at night.
2

noun
The act of moving around the different parts of a website or computer program.

The menu makes navigation of the site quick and simple.

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Synonyms

1 noun · the skill of planning and... pilotage piloting

Word family

Derived forms aeronavigationastronavigationavigationcircumnavigationcybernavigationgeonavigationhypernavigationmetanavigationmisnavigationnavigationalneuronavigationnonnavigation

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Phrases (1)

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inertial navigation
determining position by measuring a vehicle's motion through onboard instruments

Adjective + noun

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French navigation, from Latin nāvigātiōnem, accusative singular of nāvigātiō (“sailing, navigation”), from nāvigātus, perfect passive participle of nāvigō (“sail”). Morphologically navigate + -ion.

navigation Middle French nāvigātiōnem Latin

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Topics

Maritime & Sailing Aviation & Flight Transportation

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# navigation

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B2
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /nævɪˈɡeɪʃən/
**Frequency rank:** 12051

## Meanings
1. The skill of planning and following a route for a ship, aircraft, or vehicle.
2. The act of moving around the different parts of a website or computer program.

## Examples
- Good navigation is essential when sailing at night.
- The menu makes navigation of the site quick and simple.

## Derived Forms
- aeronavigation
- astronavigation
- avigation
- circumnavigation
- cybernavigation
- geonavigation
- hypernavigation
- metanavigation
- misnavigation
- navigational
- neuronavigation
- nonnavigation

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: navigation
- Root: nāvigātiōnem

## Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French navigation, from Latin nāvigātiōnem, accusative singular of nāvigātiō (“sailing, navigation”), from nāvigātus, perfect passive participle of nāvigō (“sail”). Morphologically navigate + -ion.

## AI Etymology
Navigation was borrowed from Middle French navigation, from Latin nāvigātiōnem, accusative singular of nāvigātiō (“sailing, navigation”), from nāvigātus, perfect passive participle of nāvigō (“sail”). Morphologically navigate + -ion. In present-day English its meanings include the skill of planning and following a route for a ship, aircraft, or vehicle and the act of moving around the different parts of a website or computer program. The historical chain runs through navigation (Middle French) and nāvigātiōnem (Latin). Related and derived forms include aeronavigation, astronavigation, and avigation.

## Topics
- Maritime & Sailing
- Aviation & Flight
- Transportation

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