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English[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
GPS
- (navigation) Initialism of Global Positioning System (“U.S. military-based satellite navigation system”).
- Synonyms: NavStar, Navstar
- Hypernyms: GPS/global positioning system, satellite navigation system
Coordinate terms[edit]
- GLONASS (the Russian satellite navigation system)
- BeiDou / Beidou (the Chinese satellite navigation system)
- Galileo (the European Union satellite navigation system)
Noun[edit]
GPS (plural GPSes)
- (cartography) Initialism of global positioning system (“satellite navigation system”).
- Ellipsis of GPS receiver.
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
Global Positioning System
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Verb[edit]
GPS (third-person singular simple present GPSes, present participle GPSing, simple past and past participle GPSed)
- (transitive) To locate (something) using a GPS system.
Further reading[edit]
Anagrams[edit]
Galician[edit]
Noun[edit]
GPS m (plural GPS)
Synonyms[edit]
- (Global Positioning System): sistema de posicionamento global
- (GPS receiver): navegador GPS
German[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Noun[edit]
GPS n (strong, genitive GPS, no plural)
Declension[edit]
Declension of GPS [sg-only, neuter, strong]
Further reading[edit]
- “GPS” in Duden online
Etymology 2[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
GPS f (proper noun, genitive GPS)
- (Swiss politics) Initialism of Grüne Partei der Schweiz (“Green Party of Switzerland”).
Declension[edit]
Declension of GPS [sg-only, feminine]
Polish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Orthographic borrowing from English GPS.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
GPS m inan
- (cartography, navigation, technology) GPS (Global Positioning System)
- (colloquial, cartography, navigation, technology) GPS receiver (Global Positioning System)
Declension[edit]
Declension of GPS
or
Indeclinable.
Further reading[edit]
- GPS in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- GPS in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Spanish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
GPS m (plural GPS)
- (cartography) GPS, Global Positioning System
- Synonym: sistema de posicionamiento global
- (technology) GPS receiver, satnav
- Synonym: navegador GPS
Further reading[edit]
- “GPS”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swedish[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Unadapted borrowing from English GPS. First attested in the mid-1980s, probably.[1]
Noun[edit]
GPS c
Declension[edit]
Declension of GPS | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | GPS | GPS:en | GPS:er | GPS:erna |
Genitive | GPS | GPS:ens | GPS:ers | GPS:ernas |
References[edit]
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