navigation

[nav-i-gey-shuhn] / ˌnæv ɪˈgeɪ ʃən /

NOUN

traveling, guiding along route, often over water

Synonyms

STRONGEST

boating exploration shipping

STRONG

aeronautics captaincy captainship flying pilotage piloting sailing seafaring seamanship steerage steering voyage yachting

WEAK

cruising helmsmanship nautics navigating ocean travel plotting a course voyaging

Example Sentences

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Waze, a GPS navigation company, is teaming up with Waymo to use the company’s self-driving cars to detect potholes in Los Angeles and four other major metro areas.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

Rubio and Wadephul discussed Iran and the importance of securing freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz, State Department spokesman Tommy Pigott said.

From Barron's • Apr. 29, 2026

And the system can switch from GPS to optical navigation, flying with the antenna cut off for up to 20 kilometres.

From Barron's • Apr. 24, 2026

To drill through the selections for entertainment, navigation, comms or connectivity, drivers use a four-point controller on the steering wheel.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026

They might be simple, down-to-earth statements about navigation, or sources of krill, or limits of territory.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas

Vocabulary lists containing navigation

"Rogue Wave," Vocabulary from the short story

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"Rogue Wave" by Theodore Taylor

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