Meaning

1 senses

  1. (not comparable)Self-moving; self-propelled.

Examples

107 sentences

  1. Tom was killed in an automobile accident.

    Том загинув у автомобільній аварії. — deniko

    ruТом погиб в автомобильной аварии. — marafon

    deTom ist bei einem Autounfall tödlich verunglückt. — wolfgangth

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  2. The automobile is a wonderful invention.

    ruАвтомобиль — чудесное изобретение. — odexed

    deDas Auto ist eine wunderbare Erfindung. — Shoyren

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  3. He works in the automobile industry.

    deEr arbeitet in der Automobilindustrie. — al_ex_an_der

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  4. Tom died in an automobile accident.

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  5. The automobile has changed our lives.

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Origin

From French automobile, from Ancient Greek αὐτός (autós, “self”) + French mobile (“moving”

From French automobile, from Ancient Greek αὐτός (autós, “self”) + French mobile (“moving”), from Latin mōbilis (“movable”), equivalent to auto- (“self”) + mobile.

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Synonyms

1 synonyms
autokinetic

Collocations

3 patterns
  • an automobile accident
  • an an automobile
  • automobile accident

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
automaticA2automaticallyA2automationautomatonautomotiveautonomousC2autonomy

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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