navigate
To find your way from one place to another.
navigate in a sentence
- Using only the stars, the captain managed to navigate the ship safely across the dark ocean.
- With the map upside down, Dad tried to navigate us to the campsite and got hopelessly lost.
Try an 11+ style question
Verbal reasoning papers often ask about a word like this.
Which word is closest in meaning to navigate?
- Adrift
- Bstray
- Csteer
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C: steer. The other three mean the opposite of navigate.
Which word is most nearly opposite in meaning to navigate?
- Adirect
- Bsteer
- Cstray
- Dguide
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C: stray. The other three mean nearly the same as navigate.
Words that mean something similar
steer, guide, direct
Words that mean the opposite
stray, drift
More words about movement & action
- nestle: To settle into a warm, cosy and comfortable position.
- nimble: Able to move quickly, lightly and easily.
- nuzzle: To rub or press gently against someone with your nose to show love.
- obliterate: To destroy something completely so nothing is left.
- obstacle: Something that gets in your way and stops you moving forward.
- obtain: To get something, often by working or asking for it.
- onslaught: A fierce attack or a great rush of something.
- peer: To look very closely and carefully at something that is hard to see.
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Sitting the 11+ in Kent, Medway or Buckinghamshire?
Plain-English guides to each test, from the councils’ own pages: Kent Test · Medway Test · Bucks Secondary Transfer Test