Phrase guide

GPS receiver

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Sound

Pronunciation

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

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1

noun

Meaning 1

An audiovisual device, fitted to a civilian road vehicle, that uses the military Global Positioning System (U.S. Navstar system) as an aid to navigation.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: GPS

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A device that uses any global positioning system satellite network.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: broadly

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: satnav

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

11 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Dutch: gps — GPS receiver
  • Esperanto: birilo — GPS receiver
  • Galician: GPS — GPS receiver
  • Galician: navegador GPS — GPS receiver
  • German: Navigationsgerät — GPS receiver
  • German: Navi — GPS receiver
  • Italian: navigatore satellitare — GPS receiver
  • Polish: nawigacja — GPS receiver
  • Scottish Gaelic: inneal-GPS — GPS receiver
  • Spanish: GPS — GPS receiver
  • Spanish: navegador GPS — GPS receiver