NAVIGATE
Dictionary entry overview: What does navigate mean?
• NAVIGATE (verb)
The verb NAVIGATE has 3 senses:
1. travel by boat propelled by wind or by other means
2. act as the navigator in a car, plane, or vessel and plan, direct, plot the path and position of the conveyance
3. direct carefully and safely
Familiarity information: NAVIGATE used as a verb is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• NAVIGATE (verb)
Meaning:
Travel by boat propelled by wind or by other means
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
navigate; voyage; sail
Context example:
The QE2 will sail to Southampton tomorrow
Hypernyms (to "navigate" is one way to...):
journey; travel (undertake a journey or trip)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "navigate"):
astrogate (navigate in space)
cruise (sail or travel about for pleasure, relaxation, or sightseeing)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Meaning:
Act as the navigator in a car, plane, or vessel and plan, direct, plot the path and position of the conveyance
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
navigate; pilot
Context examples:
Is anyone volunteering to navigate during the trip? / Who was navigating the ship during the accident?
Hypernyms (to "navigate" is one way to...):
channelise; channelize; direct; guide; head; maneuver; manoeuver; manoeuvre; point; steer (direct the course; determine the direction of travelling)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "navigate"):
astrogate (guide in interplanetary travel)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Direct carefully and safely
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Context example:
He navigated his way to the altar
Hypernyms (to "navigate" is one way to...):
channelise; channelize; direct; guide; head; maneuver; manoeuver; manoeuvre; point; steer (direct the course; determine the direction of travelling)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s PP
