"GPS" meaning in English

See GPS in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

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  1. (navigation) Initialism of Global Positioning System (“a U.S. military-based satellite navigation system”). Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Global Positioning System (extra: (“a U.S. military-based satellite navigation system”).) Categories (topical): Navigation Synonyms: NavStar, Navstar Coordinate_terms: GLONASS (english: the Russian satellite navigation system), BeiDou (english: the Chinese satellite navigation system), Beidou (english: the Chinese satellite navigation system), Galileo (english: the European Union satellite navigation system)
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Noun

Forms: GPSes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|GPSes}} GPS (plural GPSes)
  1. (cartography) Initialism of global positioning system (“satellite navigation system”). Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: global positioning system (extra: satellite navigation system) Categories (topical): Cartography Translations (Global Positioning System): 全球定位系統 /全球定位系统 (quánqiú dìngwèi xìtǒng) (Chinese Mandarin), GPS [common-gender] (Danish), tutmonda loktrova sistemo (Esperanto), GPS (Finnish), GPS [masculine] (French), GPS [masculine] (Galician), GPS [neuter] (German), pūnaha kimi taunga (Maori), PKT (Maori), GPS [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), GPS [masculine] (Polish), GPS [masculine] (Portuguese), GPS [masculine] (Russian), GPS [masculine] (Spanish), GPS (Swedish), จีพีเอส (Thai), mostere-voye (english: receiver) [masculine] (Walloon), cir-moennaedje (english: system) [masculine] (Walloon)
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  2. Ellipsis of GPS receiver. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis Alternative form of: GPS receiver Derived forms: GPS art, GPS receiver
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Verb

Forms: GPSes [present, singular, third-person], GPSing [participle, present], GPSed [participle, past], GPSed [past]
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  1. (transitive) To locate something using a GPS system. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Astronautics
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