navigating
/ˈnævɪˌgeɪtɪŋ/ · nav·i·gat·ing
verb
- To plan, control, and record the position and course of a vehicle, ship, aircraft, etc., on a journey; to follow a planned course. The pilot was navigating the jet through the stormy skies.
- To give directions, as from a map, to someone driving a vehicle. While I drive, you keep navigating using the GPS.
- To travel over water in a ship; to sail. They spent the afternoon navigating the canal in a small sailboat.
noun
- The act or process of determining a course and steering a vehicle or vessel; the skill of finding one’s way. Her navigating of the complex subway system impressed all the tourists.
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Did you know? The term ‘navigate’ was popularized in computing by the early web browser Netscape Navigator, borrowing the seafaring sense of charting a course through unknown territory.