Basic Details
Word: Navigation
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Finding the way and steering a ship, plane or vehicle from one place to another. It also means moving around a website or app.
Synonyms: steering, piloting
Word origin: Navigation comes from the Latin word navigare, to sail, from navis, ship. The word navy shares the same root.
How to Spell Navigation
Syllables: nav - i - ga - tion
Tricky part: The second vowel is i, not a (nav-i-ga-tion), and the ending is tion, not sion.
Watch out for: navagation, navigasion, navigaton
Memory tip: Navigation comes from navigate: a navy ship needs someone to navigate. Keep the i from navigate, drop the final e and add ion.
Usage Examples
Example 1: Early sailors used the stars for navigation.
Example 2: Turn on the navigation app before we leave for the wedding hall.
Example 3: The website's navigation is so clear that my grandmother found the page herself.
Fun Fact
India has its own satellite navigation system, NavIC (Navigation with Indian Constellation), built by ISRO.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Champ
In which option are the given words arranged in alphabetical order?
1. navigation 2. navigable 3. navigate 4. navigator
a) 2341
b) 2314
c) 3214
d) 1234
Show answer
b) 2314. All four start with naviga, so look at the next letter: b, then t-e, t-i and t-o.
Spell Spies
Choose the incorrectly spelt word:
a) destination
b) operation
c) navagation
d) migration
Show answer
c) navagation. Navigation has an i after nav, as in navigate.
Spellacadabra
Choose the option in which the following letters will fit in the given order: a, i, a
a) m__d__t__tion
b) c__l__br__tion
c) n__v__g__tion
d) s__t__r__tion
Show answer
c) n__v__g__tion. Only navigation takes a, i, a; meditation needs e, i, a, celebration e, e, a and saturation a, u, a.
Word Tally
How many words are misspelt in the sentence?
The fishing boat lost its satelite navigation in the storm, so the crew used the stars and an old compass to find the harbour.
a) 3
b) 2
c) 1
d) 0
Show answer
c) 1. Only satelite is wrong; it should be satellite.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which tool helps most with navigation at sea?
a) a compass
b) a paintbrush
c) a fishing net
d) an umbrella
Show answer
a) a compass
2. A person in charge of navigation on a ship plans its ____.
a) route
b) menu
c) uniform
d) paint
Show answer
a) route
