navigate Значение & определение

Значение на navigate на български

• 0 to direct the way that a ship, aircraft, etc. will travel, or to find a direction across, along, or over an area of water or land, often by using a map:

  • Sailors have special equipment to help them navigate.

  • Even ancient ships were able to navigate large stretches of open water.

  • Some migrating birds can navigate by the moon (= using the moon as a guide).

  • There weren't any road signs to help us navigate through the maze of one-way streets.

  • We had to navigate several flights of stairs to find his office.

  • Their website is fairly plain, but very easy to navigate.

• 1 to direct the way that a vehicle, esp. a ship or aircraft will travel, or to find a direction across, along, or over an area of water or land:

  • [ T ] He learned to navigate these waters.

  • [ I ] Whales navigate by visual means.

  • [ I ] fig. Cyberspace is an environment in which computers navigate.

• 2 to lead a company, activity, etc. in a particular direction, or to deal effectively with a difficult situation:

  • We help new home-buyers navigate the complex and often confusing process of purchasing a property.

  • navigate (sth) through sth She has successfully faced the task of navigating the company through its most difficult period in 25 years.

  • The market has come and gone and management has been very successful in navigating through.

• 3 to successfully find a way from one place to another:

  • To reach the farm, produce trucks must navigate a dirt road with a ditch on one side.

  • One study suggests cell phones could be disrupting bees' ability to navigate.

• 4 to move around within a website or between websites:

  • The site is well-organized and easy to navigate.