navigator — ozdic

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ADJ.

bad, calculated, convenient, famous, good, many, needed

He was a famous navigator who explored the African coast in the 1400s.

VERB + NAVIGATOR

appear, having, increases, kept, uses

She kept a navigator in her car before smartphones became popular.

NAVIGATOR + NOUN

azimuth, explorer, gil, groups, it's

The navigator checked the azimuth before plotting the ship's course across the open ocean.

PREP.

in

The ship's navigator in the storm used old maps to find their way home.

ADV.

abroad

The experienced navigator traveled abroad to map uncharted territories in Southeast Asia.

Definitions

noun

1

A person who navigates, especially an officer with that responsibility on a ship or an aircrew member with that responsibility on an aircraft.

The increases kept many navigator groups, which help people pick policies, very busy. At the United Way of Metropolitan Dallas, 34 navigators helped up to 120 residents select plans each week during this open enrollment season, which ran from November 1 through January 16, said Daniel Bouton, vice president for health and wellness at the nonprofit group.

2

A sea explorer.

He felt having a Micronesian navigator meant he needed a pureblooded Polynesian, preferably a Hawaiian, as captain.

3

A device that navigates an aircraft, automobile or missile.

4

A user interface that allows navigating through a structure of any kind.

Although the window looks like a view of files and folders on disk, the “folders” that appear here are called groups; they don't exist on disk. They appear in the navigator because it's convenient to group related files together […]

5

A labourer on an engineering project such as a canal; a navvy.

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Example Bank

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01

The increases kept many navigator groups, which help people pick policies, very busy. At the United Way of Metropolitan Dallas, 34 navigators helped up to 120 residents select plans each week during t

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He felt having a Micronesian navigator meant he needed a pureblooded Polynesian, preferably a Hawaiian, as captain.

Wiktionary

03

Although the window looks like a view of files and folders on disk, the “folders” that appear here are called groups; they don't exist on disk. They appear in the navigator because it's convenient to

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04

My GPS navigator doesn't work abroad.

Tatoeba · #1160700

05

Tom uses Netscape Navigator.

Tatoeba · #5965060

06

He's not a good navigator.

Tatoeba · #6616314

Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, navigator is marked as obsolete. Watch for register when choosing this word.