navigating
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解説 Definition
navigating は navigate（進路を決める、案内する、操作して進む）の現在分詞・動名詞です。道案内や移動だけでなく、ウェブサイトや仕組みの中を進むことにも使われます。
Navigating is the present-participle or gerund form of navigate. It refers to determining and following a route, guiding a vehicle or vessel, or finding one’s way through a place, website, system, or difficult situation.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
navigating は原形 navigate の語末の e を取って -ing を付けた現在分詞・動名詞です。navigate → navigating という綴りの変化を確認しましょう。語源の「船を動かす」像から、ボートを操る、街路を進む、ウェブサイト内を移動するという現代の用法へ広げて覚えます。
Begin with navigate and form navigating by dropping the final silent e before adding -ing. The spelling change is navigate to navigating, not navigateing. Its historical image is guiding a ship along a route, which still helps organize its modern meanings. Picture someone navigating a boat, then extend that movement to navigating city streets or navigating a website. In each case, the person identifies a route and successfully moves through a space or system. The form can be part of a continuous verb phrase or function as a gerund naming the activity.
例文
He is navigating the boat across the lake.
彼は湖を渡るようにボートを操縦しています。
She had trouble navigating the new website.
彼女は新しいウェブサイトを操作して進むのに苦労しました。
The app helps drivers when they are navigating busy city streets.
そのアプリは、運転手が混雑した市街地を進むときに役立ちます。
navigating の類義語・関連語
navigating の語源・成り立ち Etymology
navigating は navigate に -ing が付いた形です。navigate はラテン語 navigare「船で進む」に由来し、navis「船」＋ agere「動かす」にさかのぼるため、もともとは「船を導いて進む」感覚でした。関連語は navy, naval です。
Navigating is formed from navigate by dropping final e and adding -ing. Navigate comes through Latin nāvigāre, “to sail” or “travel by ship,” related to nāvis, “ship,” and agere, “to drive or set in motion.” Its earliest central image is directing a vessel along a course. English later extended the verb from sea travel to movement through land, information systems, websites, institutions, and other situations requiring choices about direction.
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