gps

¹

Or GPS,

abbreviation

1. gallons per second.

GPS

²

[jee-pee-es]

abbreviation

1. Global Positioning System:

   1. a global system of U.S. navigational satellites developed to provide precise positional and velocity data and global time synchronization for air, sea, and land travel.

   2. an electronic system that uses these satellites to determine the position of a vehicle, person, etc..

      School buses will be equipped with GPS.

   3. Also called GPS receiver. a receiver that determines its position by analyzing the satellite signals it receives.

      With the GPS in a smartphone, a utilities maintenance crew can navigate to within a few feet of a water meter.

verb (used with object)

GPSed, GPS'd, GPSing. 

1. to locate, track, or map by using a GPS system: The trail was scouted and GPSed by volunteers.

   My dad asked me to GPS the nearest gas station.

   The trail was scouted and GPSed by volunteers.

2. to equip with a GPS system.

   My new Honda is GPSed.

verb (used without object)

GPSed, GPS'd, GPSing. 

1. to use a GPS system to get to a place.

   With two hours to kill in an unfamiliar area, I GPSed to a shopping center.

GPS

abbreviation

1. global positioning system

2. (in Australia) Great Public Schools; used of a group of mainly nonstate schools, and of sporting competitions between them

GPS

1. Abbreviation of Global Positioning System

Word History and Origins

Origin of gps¹

First recorded in 1970–75

Example Sentences

The second question came from audience member Jordan Morris, an NHS hospital pharmacist, who asked how candidates would reduce hospital waiting lists and improve access to GPs.

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A leading doctor has questioned how the Scottish government plans to staff 15 new drop-in services run by GPs and nurses.

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But the vice chair of the Royal College of GPs Scotland told the BBC he was "not immediately clear" on where the workforce would come from, particularly as he said the GP workforce in Scotland is smaller than it was a decade ago.

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The SNP leader said the services would be staffed by GPs and nurses.

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The number of GPs by headcount in Scotland has actually increased in the last 10 years - from 4,393 in 2015 to 4,582 in 2025 - but this does not take into account whether they work full-time or part-time.

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