C2noun · countable / uncountable · rare

locomotion

locomotion · locomotions

подорож, поїздка

ход

Fortbewegung, Lokomotion, Fortbewegungsfähigkeit

The ability to move from place to place, or the act of doing soThe ability to move from place to place, or the act of doing so.

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UK/ləʊ.kəˈməʊ.ʃən/US/ˌloʊ.kəˈmoʊ.ʃən/

» A car is a means of locomotion.

Машина - это средство передвижения.

Meaning

3 senses

(uncountable, usually)The ability to move from place to place, or the act of doing so.
Fortbewegungsfähigkeit, Lokomotion, Fortbewegung
ходxod
the power or ability to move
(uncountable, usually)Self-powered motion by which a whole organism changes its location through walking, running, jumping, crawling, swimming, brachiating or flying.
(countable, usually)A dance, originally popular in the 1960s, in which the arms are used to mimic the motion of the connecting rods of a steam locomotive.

Examples

3 sentences

A car is a means of locomotion.
ruМашина - это средство передвижения.
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The car is a comfortable method of locomotion when you live outside the city.
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Horses have three modes of locomotion: Walk, trot and gallop.
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Translations

7 languages

Русский

By meaning 1

ability to move:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

ability to move:

Origin

From French locomotion, from Latin locō (literally “from a place”) (ablative of locus (“pl

From French locomotion, from Latin locō (literally “from a place”) (ablative of locus (“place”)) + mōtiōnem (“motion, a moving”) (nominative mōtio), from Latin movēre (“move; change, exchange, go in or out, quit”), from Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- (“to move, drive”).

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