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Spell Bee Word: Navigate


What does navigate mean?

Word: Navigate

Part of Speech: Verb

Meaning: Navigate means to find your way from one place to another, especially by using a map, the stars or instruments. It also means to guide a ship or plane along its course.

Synonyms: guide

How do you spell navigate?

Syllables: nav - i - gate

Tricky part: The middle vowel is i, though it is said so quickly that it can sound like a or e.

Watch out for: navagate, navegate, navigete

Memory tip: Picture the little i as the mast of a ship, standing tall in the middle of the word.

Navigate in a sentence

Example 1: Papa used the phone map to navigate through the narrow lanes of old Venice.

Example 2: Long ago, sailors could navigate by looking at the stars.

Example 3: It is hard to navigate a crowded market with a big bag.

Fun Fact

Navigate comes from the Latin navis, a ship, the same root that gives us navy and naval.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) navigate
b) horizon
c) latitude
d) voyege

Show answer

d) voyege. Voyage ends in age, like village and cottage.

Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word:

navigate

a) anchor
b) steer
c) drift
d) wander

Show answer

b) steer. To navigate a boat is to steer it; drifting and wandering mean having no clear course.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

Our guide used the old lighthouse to navigait the boat safely into the harbour.

a) safely
b) harbour
c) lighthouse
d) navigait

Show answer

d) navigait. The ending is gate, spelt like the gate of a house.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

navvigate

a) g
b) t
c) v
d) n

Show answer

c) v. Only one v is needed; it follows the first a.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which tool helps people navigate?

a) a stopwatch
b) a thermometer
c) a compass
d) a barometer

Show answer

c) a compass

2. A pilot who navigates a plane ____.

a) plans and follows its route
b) serves meals during the trip
c) cleans and polishes its engines
d) checks the tickets of passengers

Show answer

a) plans and follows its route

Associated Words

Words that end in -gate: irrigate, delegate, circumnavigate, conjugate, elongate

More words from this list

reappear, swerve, amend, breeding, considerate, disciple, fingernail, independent

Next steps

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