Meanings
nounnavigation (usually uncountable, plural navigations)
plural navigations
- uncountableusuallyTraffic or travel by vessel, especially commercial shipping.
1 more example
CHESAPEAKE AND DELAWARE CANAL. Notice is hereby given, that this CANAL is NOW OPEN FOR NAVIGATION. The Locks are 100 feet in length, by 22 feet in width, and the Canal can be navigated by Vessels within those dimensions, and drawing 7 feet of water. The rates of Toll have been fixed so low, as to make this the CHEAPEST as well as the most EXPEDITIOUS and Safe channel of communication, between the waters of the Chesapeake and Delaware. Horses for towing vessels may be hired at reasonable prices at each end of the Canal. ☞ Any information in relation to the Canal, rates of Toll, &c. may be had, on application at the Company's Office, No. 44 Walnut Street, Philadelphia. ROBERT M. LEWIS, President; H. D. GILPIN, Secretary. Chesapeake & Delaware Canal Company.
1829, Chesapeake and Delaware Canal Company, [Broadside advertisement, posted bill] - uncountableusuallyThe act of accessing different components of the user interface of software.
- uncountableusuallyThe process of finding a way through a difficult situation.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe guidance of ships or airplanes from place to place
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinnāvigātiōnem
- Middle Frenchnavigation
- Englishnavigation
Borrowed from Middle French navigation, from Latin nāvigātiōnem, accusative singular of nāvigātiō (“sailing, navigation”), from nāvigō (“sail”). Morphologically navigate + -ion.
More words from Middle French, Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans navigasie
- navigasietheory, practice and technology of charting a course for a ship, aircraft or spaceship
Arabic مِلَاحَة
- مِلَاحَة (milāḥa)theory, practice and technology of charting a course for a ship, aircraft or spaceship
Bengali ন্যাভিগেইশ্ন্
- ন্যাভিগেইশ্ন্ (nêbhigeiśn)theory, practice and technology of charting a course for a ship, aircraft or spaceship
Bulgarian навига́ция, корабопла́ване
- навига́ция (navigácija)theory, practice and technology of charting a course for a ship, aircraft or spaceship
- корабопла́ване (koraboplávane)traffic or travel by vessel
- морепла́ване (moreplávane)traffic or travel by vessel
Catalan navegació, nàutica
- navegaciótheory, practice and technology of charting a course for a ship, aircraft or spaceship
- nàuticatheory, practice and technology of charting a course for a ship, aircraft or spaceship
- navegaciótraffic or travel by vessel
Chinese Cantonese 導航 /导航
- 導航 /导航 (dou⁶ hong⁴)theory, practice and technology of charting a course for a ship, aircraft or spaceship
Chinese Mandarin 導航 /导航, 航海
- 導航 /导航 (dǎoháng)theory, practice and technology of charting a course for a ship, aircraft or spaceship
- 航海 (hánghǎi)traffic or travel by vessel
- 航行 (hángxíng)traffic or travel by vessel
Czech navigace
- navigacetheory, practice and technology of charting a course for a ship, aircraft or spaceship
Danish navigering, skibsfart
- navigeringtheory, practice and technology of charting a course for a ship, aircraft or spaceship
- skibsfarttraffic or travel by vessel
- søfarttraffic or travel by vessel
Dutch navigatie, scheepvaart
- navigatietheory, practice and technology of charting a course for a ship, aircraft or spaceship
- scheepvaarttraffic or travel by vessel
Esperanto navigado, navigado
- navigadotheory, practice and technology of charting a course for a ship, aircraft or spaceship
- navigadotraffic or travel by vessel
Estonian navigatsioon
- navigatsioontheory, practice and technology of charting a course for a ship, aircraft or spaceship
Finnish navigointi, suunnistus
- navigointitheory, practice and technology of charting a course for a ship, aircraft or spaceship
- suunnistustheory, practice and technology of charting a course for a ship, aircraft or spaceship
- merenkulkutraffic or travel by vessel
French navigation, navigation
- navigationtheory, practice and technology of charting a course for a ship, aircraft or spaceship
- navigationtraffic or travel by vessel
German Navigation, Schifffahrt
- Navigationtheory, practice and technology of charting a course for a ship, aircraft or spaceship
- Schifffahrttraffic or travel by vessel
Greek πλοήγηση, ναυσιπλοΐα
- πλοήγηση (ploḯgisi)theory, practice and technology of charting a course for a ship, aircraft or spaceship
- ναυσιπλοΐα (nafsiploḯa)theory, practice and technology of charting a course for a ship, aircraft or spaceship
Hebrew נִוּוּט, נַוָּטוּת
- נִוּוּט (nivút)theory, practice and technology of charting a course for a ship, aircraft or spaceship
- נַוָּטוּת (navatút)theory, practice and technology of charting a course for a ship, aircraft or spaceship
Hindi नेविगेशन, दिक्चालन
- नेविगेशन (nevigeśan)theory, practice and technology of charting a course for a ship, aircraft or spaceship
- दिक्चालन (dikcālan)theory, practice and technology of charting a course for a ship, aircraft or spaceship
Hungarian navigáció
- navigációtheory, practice and technology of charting a course for a ship, aircraft or spaceship
Icelandic skipstjórn, siglingafræði
- skipstjórntheory, practice and technology of charting a course for a ship, aircraft or spaceship
- siglingafræðitheory, practice and technology of charting a course for a ship, aircraft or spaceship
- leiðsagatheory, practice and technology of charting a course for a ship, aircraft or spaceship
Indonesian navigasi, navigasi
- navigasitheory, practice and technology of charting a course for a ship, aircraft or spaceship
- navigasitraffic or travel by vessel
Irish loingseoireacht, loingseoireacht
- loingseoireachttheory, practice and technology of charting a course for a ship, aircraft or spaceship
- loingseoireachttraffic or travel by vessel
Italian nautica, navigazione
- nauticatheory, practice and technology of charting a course for a ship, aircraft or spaceship
- navigazionetheory, practice and technology of charting a course for a ship, aircraft or spaceship
- navigazionetraffic or travel by vessel
Japanese ナビゲーション, 航法
- ナビゲーション (nabigēshon)theory, practice and technology of charting a course for a ship, aircraft or spaceship
- 航法 (kōhō)theory, practice and technology of charting a course for a ship, aircraft or spaceship
- 航法 (kōhō)traffic or travel by vessel
- 航海 (kōkai)traffic or travel by vessel
- 航行 (kōkō)traffic or travel by vessel
Korean 내비게이션, 항법
- 내비게이션 (naebigeisyeon)theory, practice and technology of charting a course for a ship, aircraft or spaceship
- 항법 (hangbeop)theory, practice and technology of charting a course for a ship, aircraft or spaceship
- 항법 (hangbeop)traffic or travel by vessel
- 항해 (hanghae)traffic or travel by vessel
- 항행 (hanghaeng)traffic or travel by vessel
Latin nāvigātiō
- nāvigātiōtraffic or travel by vessel
Latvian navigācija
- navigācijatheory, practice and technology of charting a course for a ship, aircraft or spaceship
Lithuanian laivyba, navigacija
- laivybatheory, practice and technology of charting a course for a ship, aircraft or spaceship
- navigacijatheory, practice and technology of charting a course for a ship, aircraft or spaceship
- laivininkystėtraffic or travel by vessel
Malay navigasi
- navigasitheory, practice and technology of charting a course for a ship, aircraft or spaceship
Norwegian Bokmål navigering
- navigeringtheory, practice and technology of charting a course for a ship, aircraft or spaceship
Polish nawigacja, nawigacja
- nawigacjatheory, practice and technology of charting a course for a ship, aircraft or spaceship
- nawigacjatraffic or travel by vessel
Portuguese navegação, náutica
- navegaçãotheory, practice and technology of charting a course for a ship, aircraft or spaceship
- náuticatheory, practice and technology of charting a course for a ship, aircraft or spaceship
- navegaçãotraffic or travel by vessel
Romanian navigație, navigație
- navigațietheory, practice and technology of charting a course for a ship, aircraft or spaceship
- navigațietraffic or travel by vessel
Russian навига́ция, пла́вание
- навига́ция (navigácija)theory, practice and technology of charting a course for a ship, aircraft or spaceship
- пла́вание (plávanije)traffic or travel by vessel
- морепла́вание (moreplávanije)traffic or travel by vessel
- судохо́дство (sudoxódstvo)traffic or travel by vessel
Slovak navigácia
- navigáciatheory, practice and technology of charting a course for a ship, aircraft or spaceship
Spanish navegación, náutica
- navegacióntheory, practice and technology of charting a course for a ship, aircraft or spaceship
- náuticatheory, practice and technology of charting a course for a ship, aircraft or spaceship
- navegacióntraffic or travel by vessel
Swedish navigation, navigering
- navigationtheory, practice and technology of charting a course for a ship, aircraft or spaceship
- navigeringtheory, practice and technology of charting a course for a ship, aircraft or spaceship
- sjöfarttraffic or travel by vessel
- sjötrafiktraffic or travel by vessel
- luftfarttraffic or travel by vessel
- lufttrafiktraffic or travel by vessel
Tagalog paglalayag
- paglalayagtraffic or travel by vessel
Thai การนำเครื่องบิน, การเดินเรือ
- การนำเครื่องบิน (aircraft)theory, practice and technology of charting a course for a ship, aircraft or spaceship
- การเดินเรือ (gaan-dəən-rʉʉa)theory, practice and technology of charting a course for a ship, aircraft or spaceship
- การนำทาง (gaan-nam-taang)theory, practice and technology of charting a course for a ship, aircraft or spaceship
- การเดินเรือ (gaan-dəən-rʉʉa)traffic or travel by vessel
Turkish yolbul, navigasyon
- yolbultheory, practice and technology of charting a course for a ship, aircraft or spaceship
- navigasyontheory, practice and technology of charting a course for a ship, aircraft or spaceship
Ukrainian навіга́ція, пла́вання
- навіга́ція (navihácija)theory, practice and technology of charting a course for a ship, aircraft or spaceship
- пла́вання (plávannja)traffic or travel by vessel
- морепла́вання (moreplávannja)traffic or travel by vessel
- морепла́вство (moreplávstvo)traffic or travel by vessel
- суднопла́вство (sudnoplávstvo)traffic or travel by vessel
Urdu جَہاز رانی, سَمْت شَناسی
- جَہاز رانی (jahāz rānī)theory, practice and technology of charting a course for a ship, aircraft or spaceship
- سَمْت شَناسی (samt śanāsī)theory, practice and technology of charting a course for a ship, aircraft or spaceship
- نیوِیگیشَن (nevīgeśan)theory, practice and technology of charting a course for a ship, aircraft or spaceship
- اِرائَت (irāat)theory, practice and technology of charting a course for a ship, aircraft or spaceship
Vietnamese sự điều hướng, sự đi biển
- sự điều hướngtheory, practice and technology of charting a course for a ship, aircraft or spaceship
- sự đi biểntheory, practice and technology of charting a course for a ship, aircraft or spaceship
- hàng hảitraffic or travel by vessel
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with navigation
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All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
navigation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/navigation
MLA
“navigation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/navigation. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “navigation,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/navigation.
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