navigate
verb (used with object)
to move on, over, or through (water, air, or land) in a ship or aircraft.
navigated
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past participleof navigate.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof navigate.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
navigateverb (used with object)to move on, over, or through (water, air, or land) in a ship or aircraft.
Example Sentences
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I’d appreciate any guidance or suggestions from those who have navigated this before.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 24, 2026
The murky, magnificent Eel River was once a highway for the Wailaki people, who navigated by canoe and hauled goods between villages in cone-shaped baskets.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026
Beating Greece this month navigated the first of those, with games against Ukraine, who they have beaten twice already in 2026, to come before Christmas.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
Ms. Rowland had navigated a number of successful career pivots—from elementary-school teacher to news anchor to editor of children’s textbooks—which Ms. FitzSimons characterizes as “a series of wild swings that somehow worked out.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026
Others spake of boats stolen, of rivers navigated, of days spent humming on smacks.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
