navigate
navigate Lexical Profile
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• verb
To find one's way through or deal effectively with a complex, difficult, or unfamiliar situation.
"The university counselor helps first-generation students navigate the financial aid application process."
To plan and direct the course of a ship, aircraft, or other vehicle, especially by using instruments or maps.
"Early Polynesian sailors were able to navigate across vast stretches of the Pacific Ocean using the stars and ocean swells."
To travel on a desired course after planning a route, or to sail or travel over a stretch of water or terrain.
"Large cargo vessels can easily navigate the deepened river channel all the way to the inland port."
To move around a website, computer interface, or digital network from one page or section to another.
"The redesigned online library catalog makes it much easier for researchers to navigate between archived collections."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in the late 16th century from the Latin past participle 'navigatus', from the verb 'navigare' (to sail), a compound of 'navis' (ship) and 'agere' (to drive or direct).