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- pronunciation:
- nae
vih
geIt
- features:
- Word Parts
| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
navigates, navigating, navigated |
| definition 1: |
When you navigate something like a ship or airplane, you control where it is going so you can get to where you want to go.
The captain was able to navigate the ship through the storm.- similar words:
- sail
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| definition 2: |
When you navigate the ocean, you find your way across it in a ship. When you navigate the sky, you find your way through it in an aircraft.
Explorers took great risks in order to navigate the globe.- similar words:
- sail
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| definition 3: |
When you navigate, you find the correct path through or across something so you can go to where you want to go.
In the dark, it was difficult to navigate to where the candles were kept.It's amazing how these bicyclists navigate through the city traffic.Even little children can navigate through that company's website. |
| related words: |
guide, pilot, sail, steer |
The word navigate
contains the following parts:
nav
Latin
root
that means ship
  Example words:
- synonyms:
- naut
-ate1
Latin
verb-forming suffix
that means to make, cause, do
More about this word part:
The suffix -ate
primarily forms transitive verbs from Latin bases. Many -ate
verbs were loanwords from Latin. Verbs ending in -ate
combine with the suffix -ion to form nouns ending in -ation. These verbs also have corresponding agent nouns ending in -ator (navigator, dictator, elevator).
Example words:
abbreviate, abdicate, accelerate, accommodate, accumulate, activate, adequate, administrator, advocate, affiliate, aggravate, agitate, alternate, animate, annihilate, assimilate, associate, circulate, collaborate, commemorate, complicate, concentrate, congregate, consecrate, cooperate, coordinate, dedicate, dehydrate, deliberate, dictate, disintegrate, dislocate, domesticate, dominate, donate, duplicate, educate, elaborate, elevate, emigrate, enunciate, eradicate, evacuate, exasperate, generate, graduate, illuminate, illustrate, incorporate, interrogate, irrigate, liberate, locate, narrate, navigate, nominate, operate, originate, participate, populate, radiate, regulate, rotate, segregate, terminate
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