cruise control
A system that maintains a vehicle at constant set speed, usually until the brake or…A system that maintains a vehicle at constant set speed, usually until the brake or accelerator is pressed.
» There's no cruise control on this car.
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2 senses(countable, uncountable)A system that maintains a vehicle at constant set speed, usually until the brake or accelerator is pressed.
Tempomat, Geschwindigkeitsregelanlage
круи́з-контро́льkruíz-kontrólʹ
круї́з-контро́льkrujíz-kontrólʹ
(countable, figuratively, uncountable)A state of being where tasks are completed easily and routinely.
- control mechanism for keeping an automobile at a set speed
Examples
7 sentencesThere's no cruise control on this car.
My car has cruise control.
Tom's car doesn't have cruise control.
My car's cruise control doesn't work.
The car has cruise control.
Translations
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Forms
plural: cruise controls| Singular | cruise control |
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Word family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary 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.