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gps

US/d͡ʒiˈpi.es/

gps is the plural of gp.

Proper noun capitalized: GPS

GPS

  1. (abbreviation, initialism, navigation) Initialism of Global Positioning System (“a U.S. military-based satellite navigation system”).
    • Since then he has been an Consultant Engineer within INMOS, specialising in GPS and satcomms applications of the transputer.1992, S. Noguchi, H. Umeo, editors, Transputer/Occam Japan 4, page 137
    • While it is easy to dismiss GPS art as nothing more than the misuse of a system meant to provide information, the spatial intelligence required to create these works is something to admire (Farman, 2014).2017, Daniel Ness, Stephen J. Farenga, Salvatore G. Garofalo, Spatial Intelligence […] , Taylor & Francis, →ISBN, page 64
    Synonyms:
    NavStar

Noun (1) capitalized: GPS

GPS (countable and uncountable, plural GPSes)

  1. (abbreviation, broadly, initialism) Initialism of global positioning system (“any satellite navigation system”).
    • "But the Civil Aviation Authority is very worried about 'flyaway' - if someone has bought a GPS jammer on eBay because they don't want drones near their house, it can cause drones to get completely lost and shoot off in a random direction until they run out of battery.2025 July 23, Paul Clifton, “Air force: drones' developing railway role”, in RAIL, number 1040, page 29
  2. (abbreviation, ellipsis) Ellipsis of GPS receiver.
  3. (broadly) Any satellite navigation receiver.
  4. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Goodpasture syndrome.
  5. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of geometric product specifications.
    • The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) has adopted a broader definition of GPS that includes specifications as well as verification (using measurements) of allowable geometric variations in a product.2019, Vijay Srinivasan, CIRP Encyclopedia of Production Engineering
    • The fundamental rules of ISO/GPS given in ISO 8015 apply to this document and the default decision rules given in ISO 14253-1 apply to the specifications made in accordance with this document, unless otherwise indicated.2021, ISO 22081:2021. Geometrical product specifications (GPS) — Geometrical tolerancing — General geometrical specifications and general size specifications

Verb capitalized: GPS

GPS (third-person singular simple present GPSes, present participle GPSing, simple past and past participle GPSed)

  1. (transitive) To locate something using a GPS system.

Noun (2) capitalized: GPs

GPs

  1. (plural) plural of GP

Synonyms of gps

Forms of gps

Noun
pluralGPSes
Verb
third-person singular presentGPSes
present participleGPSing
past participleGPSed
pastGPSed

Words formed from gps

Phrases with gps

Questions about gps

What does gps mean?
Gps means any satellite navigation receiver.
What is gps the plural of?
Gps is the plural of gp.
What part of speech is gps?
Gps can be a proper noun, a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce gps?
Gps is pronounced /d͡ʒiˈpi.es/ (US).

Words near gps in the dictionary

  1. GPPS
  2. GPPSs
  3. GPR
  4. GPRI
  5. GPRS
  6. gps
  7. GPS art
  8. GPS drawing
  9. GPS drawings
  10. GPS receiver
  11. GPS receivers

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Adapted from Wiktionary: gps (page history and authors); GPS (page history and authors); GPs (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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