noun
- short for navigation or navigation system; a device or software that helps determine position and route
Usage: informal; commonly used in automotive and mobile contexts
Examples
- I turned on the nav to find the quickest route to the airport.
- The car's built-in nav system is very user-friendly.
- She relied on her phone's nav app to navigate the unfamiliar city.
- The nav showed that we were only five minutes away from our destination.
- Without the nav, we would have gotten lost on the highway.