{
    "term": "navigate",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "navigate",
            "heSheIt": "navigates"
        },
        "pastSimple": "navigated",
        "pastParticiple": "navigated",
        "ingForm": "navigating"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to plan and direct the course of ship, plane, car etc., for example by using a map",
            "sensetop": "navigate through somethingnavigate your way…",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "to navigate by the stars"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I'll drive, and you can navigate."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There's nothing worse than navigating through heavy traffic.",
                    "contextForm": "navigate through something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "How do you navigate your way through a forest?",
                    "contextForm": "navigate your way…"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Pigeons navigate less accurately when the earth's magnetic field is disturbed."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She became expert in driving and navigating across the desert."
                },
                {
                    "text": "These birds navigate by the sun."
                },
                {
                    "text": "learning to navigate your way through a forest"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Most planes now use computer technology to navigate."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Every day the ship carefully navigated through the channels of blue icebergs."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Ships used to be navigated by the stars."
                }
            ],
            "topics": [
                "Transport by water",
                "Transport by air",
                "Transport by car or lorry"
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["safely", "carefully", "successfully"],
                "preposition": ["by", "across", "through"],
                "phrases": ["navigate your way"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to sail along, over or through a sea, river etc.",
            "sensetop": "navigate something",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The river became too narrow and shallow to navigate."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Only the best-trained captains could safely navigate these routes."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Transport by water"],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["safely", "carefully", "successfully"],
                "preposition": ["by", "across", "through"],
                "phrases": ["navigate your way"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "to find the right way to deal with a difficult or complicated situation",
            "sensetop": "navigate something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "We next had to navigate a complex network of committees."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Those who successfully navigate this social minefield are accepted by the royal family."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She managed to successfully navigate the complex world of corporate finance."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["safely", "carefully", "successfully"],
                "preposition": ["by", "across", "through"],
                "phrases": ["navigate your way"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "to find your way around on the internet or on a particular website",
            "sensetop": "navigate (through) something",
            "labels": "(computing)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Customers will be able to navigate easily throughout the site."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Lots of these sites are hard to navigate through.",
                    "contextForm": "navigate (through) something"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Phones, email and the internet"],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["safely", "carefully", "successfully"],
                "preposition": ["by", "across", "through"],
                "phrases": ["navigate your way"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈnævɪɡeɪt/",
                "audio": "na/navigate/navigate__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈnævɪɡeɪts/",
                "audio": "na/navigate/navigates__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈnævɪɡeɪtɪd/",
                "audio": "na/navigate/navigated__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈnævɪɡeɪtɪŋ/",
                "audio": "na/navigate/navigating__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈnævɪɡeɪt/",
                "audio": "na/navigate/navigate__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈnævɪɡeɪts/",
                "audio": "na/navigate/navigates__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈnævɪɡeɪtɪd/",
                "audio": "na/navigate/navigated__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈnævɪɡeɪtɪŋ/",
                "audio": "na/navigate/navigating__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late 16th cent. (in the sense ‘travel in a ship’): from Latin navigat- ‘sailed’, from the verb navigare, from navis ‘ship’ + agere ‘drive’."
}