Meaning

5 senses
  1. (uncountable)A setting for automatic operation.

    Put it on auto.

  2. (countable, uncountable)An automatic gearbox/transmission.

    A body-coloured centre pillar signalled the arrival of an electronic four-speed auto, slight suspension revisions and minor trim changes.

  3. (countable, uncountable)A car with an automatic gearbox/transmission.

    It wasn't too bad but we did hire an auto (couldn't imagine changing gears with my right hand).

  4. (India)An autorickshaw.

    Users are often unable to note down the number of the taxi or the auto as the driver will just zoom past.

  5. A genre of dramatic literature.

More definitions
  • a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine

Examples

56 sentences
  1. Tom went to an auto parts store to buy something for his car.

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  2. Do you trust your auto mechanic?

    deVertraust du deinem Kfz-Mechaniker?

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  3. How long have you been an auto mechanic?

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  4. Tom was an auto mechanic.

    ruТом был автомехаником.

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  5. Tom is an auto mechanic.

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Origin

Clipping of autorickshaw. Borrowed from Spanish auto.

Clipping of autorickshaw.

Borrowed from Spanish auto.

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Forms

plural: autos
Singularauto
Pluralautos

regular

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

1 related words
Relatedtuk-tuk

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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