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# navigate

verb (navigate, navigates, navigated, navigating)

«navigate» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To find the way to a place, using a map, compass, stars or GPS. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/navigate/#m1)
2. To steer a ship, plane or vehicle along a route. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/navigate/#m2)
3. To move safely through or past difficult things: navigate the busy streets. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/navigate/#m3)
4. (computing) To move around a website or app: navigate to the menu. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/navigate/#m4)
5. To deal with a hard situation: navigate friendships. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/navigate/#m5)

### In the lessons

In geography lessons pupils navigate with maps and compasses (orienteering). In history, explorers navigated by the stars. On computers you navigate a website. In everyday life someone in the passenger seat navigates for the driver. Phrases: navigate by the stars, navigate the website, navigate your way.

### Examples

- We used a compass to navigate through the forest. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/navigate/#x1)
- Sailors once navigated by the stars. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/navigate/#x2)
- Can you navigate while I drive? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/navigate/#x3)
- It was hard to navigate the crowded station. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/navigate/#x4)
- Click here to navigate to the home page. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/navigate/#x5)
- Bats navigate in the dark using sound. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/navigate/#x6)
- The captain navigated the ship through the storm. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/navigate/#x7)
- Starting a new school can be tricky to navigate. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/navigate/#x8)

### Note

Regular verb: navigated, navigating. Noun: navigation; person: navigator. Related to Latin for «ship». Similar: steer, find your way.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «navigate» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/navigate/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«navigate» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/navigate.html) on Mova free.