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navigable

[ nav-i-guh-buhl ]

adjective

  1. deep and wide enough to provide passage to ships:

    a navigable channel.

  2. capable of being steered or guided, as a ship, aircraft, or missile.
  3. Computers. designed or arranged in a way that facilitates moving from web page to web page or from one section to another on a website.


navigable

/ ˈæɪɡəə /

adjective

  1. wide, deep, or safe enough to be sailed on or through

    a navigable channel

  2. capable of being steered or controlled

    a navigable raft

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˌԲˈٲ, noun
  • ˈԲ, adverb
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Other yvlog Forms

  • Բ·····ٲ [nav-i-g, uh, -, bil, -i-tee], Բ····Ա noun
  • Բ··· adverb
  • non·Բ·····ٲ noun
  • ԴDz·Բ··· adjective
  • non·Բ····Ա noun
  • non·Բ··· adverb
  • un·Բ·····ٲ noun
  • ܲ·Բ··· adjective
  • un·Բ····Ա noun
  • un·Բ··· adverb
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of navigable1

First recorded in 1520–30; from Latin 屹, equivalent to 屹() “to sail” ( navigate ) + -bilis -ble
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Example Sentences

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The court ruled that the law’s protections for the “waters of the United States” apply only to wetlands and streams that are directly connected to navigable waterways.

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Year after year, Caltrans moves mountains to keep that two-lane road navigable.

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Army Corps of Engineers, which maintains the shipping channel in Baltimore to ensure that it is navigable, would fully cover the costs of clearing the channel.

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An appeals court hundreds of miles away will determine later this year if a federal judge was right when he ordered the buoys removed for violating a law against construction on a navigable waterway.

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In a 2-1 ruling the judges said the buoys along a 1,000-foot section of the river near Eagle Pass violated a 19th-century law giving national agencies purview over “navigable” rivers.

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