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# navigation

noun (navigation — uncountable)

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

## Everyday

1. The skill or process of finding your way or planning a route, especially at sea or in the air. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/navigation/#m1)
2. The steering of a ship or plane. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/navigation/#m2)
3. (computing) The way you move around a website or app; its menus and links. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/navigation/#m3)
4. A system that shows the way, such as a sat nav. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/navigation/#m4)

### In the lessons

In geography and history lessons, navigation uses maps, compasses, the stars and GPS. In everyday life, cars and phones have navigation apps (sat nav). In computing, a «navigation bar» is a website's menu. Phrases: sat nav, navigation system, navigation bar, satellite navigation.

### Examples

- Navigation was hard for early explorers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/navigation/#x1)
- Our car has a navigation system. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/navigation/#x2)
- Birds use the Earth's magnetism for navigation. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/navigation/#x3)
- The website has easy navigation. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/navigation/#x4)
- We learned map and compass navigation on camp. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/navigation/#x5)
- The lighthouse helps with navigation at night. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/navigation/#x6)
- Turn on the navigation app before we leave. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/navigation/#x7)
- They were at last blown on shore, for navigation was primitive in those days. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/navigation/#x8)

### Note

Uncountable. Verb: navigate. «Sat nav» (UK) = satellite navigation device. Related: navigator.

## On Mova

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