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locomote

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

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • UK: /ləʊkəˈməʊt/

1

verb

Meaning 1

To move or travel (from one location to another).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: biology, natural-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • How fast does your new car go?
  • We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus
  • The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect
  • The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell
  • news travelled fast

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: travel, go, move

Antonyms: none provided

Narrower terms: go around, spread, circulate, carry, ease, whish, float, swap, seek, whine, fly, ride, come, ghost, betake oneself, pass over, overfly, travel, wend, do, raft, get around, get about, repair, resort, cruise, journey, come up, round, trundle, push, travel purposefully, swing, roll, wander, swan, stray, tramp, roam, cast, ramble, rove, range, drift, vagabond, walk, take the air, weave, wind, thread, meander, forge, spurt, spirt, crawl, creep, scramble, slither, slide, wheel, glide, bounce, jounce, breeze, be adrift, blow, play, swim, turn, move around, circle, slice into, slice through, err, run, step, drive, motor, automobile, ski, wing, steamer, steam, tram, taxi, ferry, caravan, sit, prance, rise, lift, arise, move up, go up, uprise, ascend, descend, fall, go down, come down, zigzag, crank, follow, travel along, advance, progress, pass on, move on, march on, go on, withdraw, retreat, pull away, draw back, recede, pull back, retire, move back, retrograde, proceed, go forward, continue, back, pan, precede, lead, pursue, return, derail, jump, flock, accompany, billow, angle, pass, go through, go across, travel by, pass by, surpass, go past, go by, travel rapidly, speed, hurry, zip, zoom, rush, hotfoot, hasten, hie, race, pelt along, rush along, cannonball along, bucket along, belt along, step on it, trail, shack, shuttle, hiss, whoosh, whisk, career, circuit, lance, outflank, propagate, draw, transfer, change, swash, pace, tread, hurtle, whistle, island hop, plow, plough, lurch, sift, drag, bang, precess, snowshoe, beetle

History

Etymology

Back formation from locomotion.