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# navigator

noun (a navigator, navigators)

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

## Everyday

1. A person who works out the route of a ship, plane or car and tells the driver or pilot where to go. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/navigator/#m1)
2. A sat-nav or app that shows the way. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/navigator/#m2)
3. (history) A sailor-explorer who found new sea routes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/navigator/#m3)

### In the lessons

In geography and history lessons, navigators used stars, maps and compasses to cross oceans. On car trips the person with the map is the navigator. In maths, a navigator uses distances, directions and bearings. Phrases: act as navigator, a great navigator.

### Examples

- Dad drove and I was the navigator with the map. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/navigator/#x1)
- The navigator used the stars to find the way at night. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/navigator/#x2)
- Captain Cook was a famous navigator. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/navigator/#x3)
- The plane's navigator checked the course. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/navigator/#x4)
- Our phone's navigator told us to turn left. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/navigator/#x5)
- Polynesian navigators crossed the Pacific in canoes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/navigator/#x6)
- Be a good navigator and read the signs. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/navigator/#x7)

### Note

Countable. Ends in -or, not -er. Verb: navigate; noun: navigation. In maths a navigator works with compass directions (north, east), distances and angles called bearings.

## On Mova

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