Definition

1. Verb:
   • To move from one place to another; to travel or proceed: "locomote" means to change location, to move oneself or be moved. It is a formal, technical, or sometimes humorous synonym for "move" or "travel."

Usage

• General Movement: Used to describe the act of moving from one point to another. It is most common in scientific, technical, or formal contexts.
• Metaphorical Use: Can be used metaphorically to describe progression or change in a non-physical sense (e.g., ideas, information).
• Formality: This word is considered formal and is less common in everyday speech than simpler synonyms like "go," "move," or "travel."

Examples

• Physical Movement:
  • Simple organisms locomote using cilia or flagella.
  • The new robot can locomote efficiently over rough terrain.
• Metaphorical Movement:
  • Rumors can locomote through a small town with astonishing speed.

Advanced Usage

• "to locomote oneself": A reflexive and often redundant or humorous construction emphasizing self-propelled movement.
  • After the long meeting, he slowly locomoted himself to the coffee machine.

Variants and Related Words

• Locomotion (n): The act or power of moving from place to place.
  • The study of animal locomotion is fascinating.
• Locomotive (adj): Relating to or having the power of locomotion.
  • The locomotive ability of the vehicle was tested.
• Locomotive (n): A powered railway vehicle. (Note: This is a distinct, common noun derived from the same root but refers to a specific machine.)

Synonyms

• Move: To change position or place.
• Travel: To go from one place to another, especially over a distance.
• Proceed: To move forward or continue a course of action.
• Go: The most general and common synonym.

Antonyms

• Stay: To remain in the same place.
• Stop: To cease moving.
• Halt: To bring or come to a stop.

Notes

• Word Origin: From Latin (from a place) + (to move).
• Frequency: "Locomote" is a low-frequency word. Its noun form "locomotion" is more commonly used.

Verb

1. change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
   • 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