navigate

Verb

Verb Forms: navigated, navigating, navigates

To plan and direct the course of a vehicle or situation.
travel on water propelled by wind or by other means
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?"
direct carefully and safely
- "He navigated his way to the altar"
To plan, control and record the position and course of a vehicle, ship, aircraft, etc., on a journey; to follow a planned course.
To give directions, as from a map, to someone driving a vehicle.
To travel over water in a ship; to sail.
To move between web pages, menus, etc. by means of hyperlinks, mouse clicks, or any other mechanism.
To find a way through a difficult situation or process.

Examples

He had to skillfully navigate his limited tiles to find a playable word.
He navigated the bomber to the Ruhr.
It was difficult to navigate back to the home page.
We navigated to France in the dinghy.
You drive. I'll navigate.

Origin / Etymology

First attested in 1588; borrowed from Latin nāvigātus, the perfect passive participle of nāvigō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from nāvis (“ship”) + -igō, from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂us (“boat”).

Synonyms

pilot, sail, voyage

Scrabble Score: 12

navigate: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
navigate: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
navigate: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 15

navigate: valid Words With Friends Word