| VERB | motion | navigate, voyage, sail | travel on water propelled by wind or by other means |
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| motion | navigate, pilot | act as the navigator / navigator in a car, plane, or vessel and plan, direct, plot the path and position of the conveyance | |
| motion | navigate | direct carefully and safely |
| Sounds | nae'vahgey.t | |
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| Rhymes | abate ... welterweight: 559 rhymes with eyt... | |
| Meaning | travel on water propelled by wind or by other means. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s somebody PP | |
| Synonyms | voyage, sail | |
| Narrower | astrogate | navigate in space |
| cruise | Sail or travel about for pleasure, relaxation, or sightseeing | |
| Broader | travel, journey | undertake a journey or trip |
| Spanish | navegar | |
| Catalan | navegar | |
| Adjectives | navigable | able to be sailed on or through safely |
| Nouns | navigation | ship traffic |
| Meaning | act as the navigator / navigator in a car, plane, or vessel and plan, direct, plot the path and position of the conveyance. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "Is anyone volunteering to navigate during the trip?" | |
| Synonym | pilot | |
| Narrower | astrogate | Guide in interplanetary travel |
| Broader | steer, maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre, direct, point, head, guide, channelize, channelise | direct the course |
| Spanish | conducir, guiar, navegar, pilotar | |
| Catalan | conduir, guiar, pilotar | |
| Nouns | navigation | the guidance of ships or airplanes from place to place |
| navigator | the member of an aircrew who is responsible for the aircraft's course | |
| navigator | the ship's officer in charge of navigation | |
| Meaning | direct carefully and safely. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s PP | |
| Example | "He navigated his way to the altar" | |
| Broader | steer, maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre, direct, point, head, guide, channelize, channelise | direct the course |
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