navigation

Everyday

1. The skill or process of finding your way or planning a route, especially at sea or in the air. tree →
2. The steering of a ship or plane. tree →
3. (computing) The way you move around a website or app; its menus and links. tree →
4. A system that shows the way, such as a sat nav. tree →

In the lessons

In geography and history lessons, navigation uses maps, compasses, the stars and GPS. In everyday life, cars and phones have navigation apps (sat nav). In computing, a «navigation bar» is a website's menu. Phrases: sat nav, navigation system, navigation bar, satellite navigation.

Examples

• Navigation was hard for early explorers. tree →
• Our car has a navigation system. tree →
• Birds use the Earth's magnetism for navigation. tree →
• The website has easy navigation. tree →
• We learned map and compass navigation on camp. tree →
• The lighthouse helps with navigation at night. tree →
• Turn on the navigation app before we leave. tree →
• They were at last blown on shore, for navigation was primitive in those days. tree →

Note

Uncountable. Verb: navigate. «Sat nav» (UK) = satellite navigation device. Related: navigator.