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navigate

na·vi·gate

UK/ˈnæv.ɪ.ɡeɪt/ US/ˈnæv.ɪ.ɡeɪt/ fairly common

verb

1.

travel by boat on a boat propelled by wind or by other means

  • “The QE2 will sail to Southampton tomorrow”
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2.

act as the navigator in a car, plane, or vessel and plan, direct, plot the path and position of the conveyance

  • “Is anyone volunteering to navigate during the trip?”
  • “Who was navigating the ship during the accident?”
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3.

direct carefully and safely

  • “He navigated his way to the altar”

Origin

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”).

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