locomote

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UK/ləʊkəˈməʊt/

verb

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

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travelgomovedisplace
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Meanings

verblocomote (third-person singular simple present locomotes, present participle locomoting, simple past and past participle locomoted)

present singular third person locomotes · participle present locomoting · participle past locomoted · past locomoted

  1. biologyTo move or travel (from one location to another).

    ‘Lucy and her kind did not locomote in anything like the modern human fashion,’ insists Tattersall.

    2003, Bill Bryson, A Short History of Nearly Everything, BCA, published 2003, page 394

Synonyms & antonyms

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

Similar
travelgomovedisplace
Broader
actmove
Also see
gomovetravel

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

Back formation from locomotion.

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Cite this entry
APA

locomote. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/locomote

MLA

“locomote.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/locomote. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “locomote,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/locomote.

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