navigate

Universal Words verb 1 to find your position or the position of your ship, plane, car etc. and the direction you need to go in, for example by using a map: [V] to navigate by the stars * I'll drive, and you can navigate. * [VN] How do you navigate your way through a forest? 2 [VN] (written) to sail along, over or through a sea, river etc: The river became too narrow and shallow to navigate. 3 [VN] to find the right way to deal with a difficult or complicated situation: We next had to navigate a complex network of committees.