LOCOMOTE Synonyms: 23 Similar and Opposite Words

locomote

verb

ˈlō-kə-ˌmōt

Definition of locomote

as in to shift

to change one's position most babies begin to locomote—by crawling—when they are seven to ten months old

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Recent Examples of locomote The most likely explanation is that worms, which need moisture to locomote, take advantage of the rain to go exploring above ground. — Joan Morris, Mercury News, 27 Apr. 2026 So, those are (roughly in order) the hands, the sensory apparatus like vision and haptics and sound and so on, and the ability to locomote to get the hands to work. — IEEE Spectrum, 16 May 2023 Parents of babies up to age 3 can watch their children locomote on tatami mats or haul themselves up on their jellied legs by holding on to short, fence-like partitions. — New York Times, 9 June 2022 The general idea of this research is to get robots to learn to locomote in much the way human toddlers do. — Matt Simon, Wired, 5 Jan. 2021 All reasonably healthy individuals can locomote at the necessary speed to beat the cutoffs for any ultramarathon. — Jason Koop, Outside Online, 19 July 2017 The idea of connecting to our ancestral past requires us to locomote as we are evolved to do, using our senses and making sure the mind and body are in union. — Bill Hatcher, National Geographic, 28 Feb. 2016

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They are discovered well beyond the bounds of the strategic map, where the winds shift, the old answers sink, and the pilot must find the way by dead reckoning.

— Jeff DeGraff, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2026
The autumn sun is drifting southward and the angle of shadows is shifting.

— Dana Kelley, Arkansas Online, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of shift

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Components can move from machining to assembly on the same day or the following day, enabling teams to test design changes on physical hardware sooner.

— Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 15 Oct. 2026
However, the higher PPI is pointing to an economy that is gradually moving away from deflationary pressures even if the recovery remains uneven, said Hao Zhou, chief economist at Guotai Junan International Holdings.

— Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 14 Oct. 2026

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