Meanings
nav1
nounnav (uncountable)
- InternetuncountablegovernmentNavigation. Often used attributively, as in nav beacon.
Standing and moving to under one of the lights by the nav station I could see a dark blue-red mark across the right side of my rib cage. Prodding gently I realised I had just cracked or broken one or more ribs.
2013, Crispin Latymer, Where the Ocean Meets the Sky, page 48
verbnav (third-person singular simple present navs, present participle navving, simple past and past participle navved)
present singular third person navs · participle present navving · participle past navved · past navved
- informalto navigate
NAV2
noun
- abbreviationacronymAcronym of net asset value.
Origin
Clipping of navigation or navigate.
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APA
nav. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nav
MLA
“nav.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nav. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nav,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nav.
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