Definition of "navigate" in English

verb

1. (transitive) To plan, control and record the position and course of a vehicle, ship, aircraft, etc., on a journey; to follow a planned course.

   • He navigated the bomber to the Ruhr.

2. (intransitive) To give directions, as from a map, to someone driving a vehicle.

   • You drive. I'll navigate.

3. (intransitive) To travel over water in a ship; to sail.

   • We navigated to France in the dinghy.

4. (transitive, computing) To move between web pages, menus, etc. by means of hyperlinks, mouse clicks, or any other mechanism.

   • It was difficult to navigate back to the home page.

5. (ambitransitive, figurative) To find a way through a difficult situation or process.