navigate has definitions from the fields of transportation,nautical
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[ verb ] (nautical,transportation) travel by boat on a boat propelled by wind or by other means

Synonyms

sail voyage

Examples

"The QE2 will sail to Southampton tomorrow"

Used in print

(Eugene Burdick, "The Invisible Aborigine"...)

The rancher was navigating his way across the flatland .

`` Do you always navigate like this '' ?

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[ verb ] (transportation) act as the navigator in a car, plane, or vessel and plan, direct, plot the path and position of the conveyance

Synonyms

pilot

Examples

"Is anyone volunteering to navigate during the trip?" "Who was navigating the ship during the accident?"

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[ verb ] (transportation) travel by boat, car, or plane

Related terms

travel steer astrogate

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