navigate
part of speech
verb (navigate, navigates, navigated, navigating)
meaning for a pupil
1) To find the way to a place, using a map, compass, stars or GPS. tree →
2) To steer a ship, plane or vehicle along a route. tree →
3) To move safely through or past difficult things: navigate the busy streets. tree →
4) (computing) To move around a website or app: navigate to the menu. tree →
5) To deal with a hard situation: navigate friendships. tree →
sense 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 →
- Sailors once navigated by the stars. tree →
- Can you navigate while I drive? tree →
- It was hard to navigate the crowded station. tree →
- Click here to navigate to the home page. tree →
- Bats navigate in the dark using sound. tree →
- The captain navigated the ship through the storm. tree →
- Starting a new school can be tricky to navigate. tree →
note
Regular verb: navigated, navigating. Noun: navigation; person: navigator. Related to Latin for «ship». Similar: steer, find your way.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «navigate» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.