Definition of "navigate"

navigate

/ˈnæv.ɪ.ɡeɪt/

verb
third-person singular simple present navigates, present participle navigating, simple past and past participle navigated
1. (transitive) To plan, control and record the position and course of a vehicle, ship, aircraft, etc., on a journey; to follow a planned course.
2. (intransitive) To give directions, as from a map, to someone driving a vehicle.
3. (intransitive) To travel over water in a ship; to sail.
4. (transitive, computing) To move between web pages, menus, etc. by means of hyperlinks, mouse clicks, or any other mechanism.
5. (transitive, figurative) To find a way through a difficult situation or process.
  Quotations
  However, given current sensibilities about individual privacy and data protection, the recording of oral data is becoming increasingly onerous for researchers who are obliged to navigate an often time-consuming and complex series of administrative requirements and corollary review processes in order to be granted ethics clearance.
  2019, Li Huang, James Lambert, “Another Arrow for the Quiver: A New Methodology for Multilingual Researchers”, in Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, page 11
  Complaints have risen in particular from passengers changing trains, who have observed little or no improvement in their ability to navigate between the station's 13 platforms.
  2020 July 29, Paul Stephen, “A new collaboration centred on New Street”, in Rail, page 54