navigate

guider, indiquer le chemin

Trouver l’itinéraire et dire au conducteur quelle direction prendre.

En anglais simple : To find the route and tell a driver which way to go.

• You drive, and I will navigate.
• She navigated for her brother using a paper map.
• Can you help me navigate through the city?

Comment l'utiliser : navigate for someone (Can you navigate for me while I drive?)

Synonymes : give directions, guide

Expressions courantes : navigate for someone, help navigate

naviguer, piloter

Déterminer et suivre l’itinéraire d’un bateau, d’un avion ou d’un autre véhicule.

En anglais simple : To plan and follow the route of a ship, aircraft, or other vehicle.

• The captain navigated the ship safely.
• Pilots once navigated by the stars.
• We navigated through thick fog using radar.

Comment l'utiliser : navigate something through something (She navigated the ship through the narrow channel.); navigate by something (Early sailors navigated by the stars.)

Synonymes : steer, pilot

Expressions courantes : navigate a ship, navigate through something, navigate by something

naviguer

Se déplacer sur l’eau à bord d’un bateau.

En anglais simple : To travel across water in a boat or ship.

• They navigated across the lake.
• We navigated to the next island before sunset.
• Small boats have navigated these waters for centuries.

Comment l'utiliser : navigate to somewhere (They navigated to the island in a small boat.)

Synonymes : sail

Expressions courantes : navigate to somewhere, navigate the river, navigate coastal waters