When fish, animals, or insects navigate somewhere, they find the right direction to go and travel there. In tests, the bees navigate back home after being placed in a field a mile away.

to walk or find one's way on, in, or across: [~ + object] It was hard to navigate the stairs in the dark. [no object] Do you think you can navigate through the downtown area safely?

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NAVIGATE meaning: 1. to direct the way that a ship, aircraft, etc. will travel, or to find a direction across, alongโ€ฆ.

    Definition of navigate verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

    NAVIGATE meaning: 1 : to find the way to get to a place when you are traveling in a ship, airplane, car, etc. often used figuratively; 2 : to sail on, over, or through an area of water

  1. to walk or to find one's way on, in, or across: to navigate the stairs.
  2. to walk or to find one's way on, in, or across: to navigate the stairs.
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