The meaning of NAVIGATE is to travel by water : sail. How to use navigate in a sentence.

Definition of navigate verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

NAVIGATE definition: 1. to direct the way that a ship, aircraft, etc. will travel, or to find a direction across, along…. Learn more.

When fish, animals, or insects navigate somewhere, they find the right direction to go and travel there. In tests, the bees navigate back home after being placed in a field a mile away.

NAVIGATE meaning: 1 : to find the way to get to a place when you are traveling in a ship, airplane, car, etc. often used figuratively; 2 : to sail on, over, or through an area of water

There are 14 meanings listed in OED's entry for the verb navigate, one of which is labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.

5. to walk or to find one's way on, in, or across: to navigate the stairs.