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/ˈnæv.ɪ.ɡeɪt/ · verb
(transitive) To plan, control and record the position and course of a vehicle, ship, aircraft, etc., on a journey; to follow a planned course..
He navigated the bomber to the Ruhr.
Earlier this month, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration began an investigation into four crashes of Teslas operating with a partial-automation system (which can navigate highways and steer the car on city streets but requires a licensed driver to be present), including one in which a pedestrian was killed. In a news release, NHTSA said reduced visibility may have led to the crashes.
You drive. I'll navigate.
We navigated to France in the dinghy.
It was difficult to navigate back to the home page.
However, given current sensibilities about individual privacy and data protection, the recording of oral data is becoming increasingly onerous for researchers who are obliged to navigate an often time-consuming and complex series of administrative requirements and corollary review processes in order to be granted ethics clearance.
Complaints have risen in particular from passengers changing trains, who have observed little or no improvement in their ability to navigate between the station's 13 platforms.
Use navigate when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Navigate means (transitive) To plan, control and record the position and course of a vehicle, ship, aircraft, etc., on a journey; to follow a planned course..
Common synonyms include voyage, pilot, sail.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
He navigated the bomber to the Ruhr.
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