nav

noun 2verb 1

Collocations

VERB + NAV

lights, sat

I sat nav for my friend on our road trip last weekend.

NAV + NOUN

car, station

I set the nav station in my car before we left for the airport this morning.

PREP.

I checked the GPS nav in my car before driving to the unfamiliar restaurant.

ADV.

abroad

My family decided to nav abroad last summer and visited three different countries.

Definitions

noun

Navigation. Often used attributively, as in nav beacon.

Standing and moving to under one of the lights by the nav station I could see a dark blue-red mark across the right side of my rib cage. Prodding gently I realised I had just cracked or broken one or more ribs.

verb

to navigate

noun

Acronym of net asset value.

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Example Bank

Standing and moving to under one of the lights by the nav station I could see a dark blue-red mark across the right side of my rib cage. Prodding gently I realised I had just cracked or broken one or

Wiktionary

My sat nav doesn't work abroad.

Tatoeba · #1000695

Tom installed a TomTom Sat Nav in his car.

Tatoeba · #8103939

Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, nav is marked as informal. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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