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1. Travel on water as a means of transport or on a tour
   "The QE2 will navigate to Southampton tomorrow"
   - voyage, sail
    
2. Act as the navigator in a car, plane, or vessel and plan, direct, plot the path and position of the conveyance
   "Is anyone volunteering to navigate during the trip?"; "Who was navigating the ship during the accident?"
   - pilot
    
3. Direct carefully and safely
   "He navigated his way to the altar"

Derived forms: navigates, navigating, navigated

See also: navigable, navigation, navigator

Type of: channelise [Brit], channelize, direct, guide, head, journey, maneuver [US], manoeuver [non-standard], manoeuvre [Brit, Cdn], point, steer, travel

Encyclopedia: Navigate