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navigation

  • /nævɪˈɡeɪʃən/

Rhymes with -eɪʃən

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Middle French navigation, from Latin nāvigātiōnem, accusative singular of nāvigātiō (“sailing, navigation”), from nāvigō (“sail”). Morphologically navigate + -ion.

noun navigations

  1. uncountable, usually The theory, practice and technology of charting a course for a road vehicle, ship, aircraft, or spaceship. An ocean-going yachtsman must be competent at night navigation
  2. uncountable, usually Traffic or travel by vessel, especially commercial shipping. 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 ma
  3. countable, usually A canal; a waterway comprising one or more canals and river stretches in communication with one another. the Schuylkill Navigation
  4. uncountable, usually The act of accessing different components of the user interface of software.
  5. uncountable, usually The process of finding a way through a difficult situation.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: piloting, pilotage, seafaring, sailing, navigate, maritime, nautical, ship, vessel, navigability, voyage, boat, nav, navigable, boating, navigator

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noun theory, practice and technology of charting a course for a ship, aircraft or spaceship

Españolnavegación, náutica
한국어내비게이션 naebigeisyeon, 항법 hangbeop
日本語ナビゲーション nabigēshon, 航法 kōhō
中文導航 /导航 dǎoháng
हिन्दीनेविगेशन nevigeśan, दिक्चालन dikcālan
Portuguêsnavegação, náutica
Françaisnavigation
DeutschNavigation
Italianonautica, navigazione
Ελληνικάπλοήγηση ploḯgisi, ναυσιπλοΐα nafsiploḯa
Românănavigație
Русскийнавига́ция navigácija
Tiếng Việtsự điều hướng, sự đi biển
العربيةمِلَاحَة milāḥa
עבריתנִוּוּט nivút, נַוָּטוּת navatút

noun traffic or travel by vessel

Españolnavegación
한국어항법 hangbeop, 항해 hanghae, 항행 hanghaeng
日本語航法 kōhō, 航海 kōkai, 航行 kōkō
中文航海 hánghǎi, 航行 hángxíng
Portuguêsnavegação
Françaisnavigation
DeutschSchifffahrt
Italianonavigazione
Românănavigație
Русскийпла́вание plávanije, морепла́вание moreplávanije, судохо́дство sudoxódstvo
Tiếng Việthàng hải

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"navigation." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/navigation. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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navigation. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/navigation

Chicago

"navigation." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/navigation.

BibTeX
@misc{navigation_2026,
  title = {navigation},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/navigation},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}