Meaning

12 senses
  1. A large construction used in warfare, such as a battering ram, catapult etc.

    an instrument or machine that is used in warfare, such as a battering ram, catapult, artillery piece, etc.

  2. A complex mechanical device which converts energy into useful motion or physical effects.

    Motor, Triebwerk, Antrieb

    дви́гательdvígatelʹ, мото́рmotór

    двигу́нdvyhún, мото́рmotór

    motor that converts thermal energy to mechanical work

  3. A person or group of people which influence a larger group; a driving force.

    Motor

    дви́гательdvígatelʹ

  4. The part of a car or other vehicle which provides the force for motion, now especially one powered by internal combustion.

  5. A self-powered vehicle used for moving cars along a track.

    a wheeled vehicle consisting of a self-propelled engine that is used to draw trains along railway tracks

  6. A self-powered vehicle used for moving cars along a track.

    (usually)A locomotive.

  7. A software or hardware system responsible for a specific technical task (usually with qualifying word).

    a graphics engine

    a physics engine

    движо́кdvižók

  8. Anything used to effect a purpose; any device or contrivance; an agent.

    something used to achieve a purpose

  9. (archaic)A tool; a utensil or implement.

  10. (obsolete)Ingenuity; cunning, trickery, guile.

  11. (obsolete)The result of cunning; something ingenious, a contrivance; (in negative senses) a plot, a scheme.

  12. (obsolete)Natural talent; genius.

Examples

489 sentences
  1. How can I start the engine?

    Як можна завести мотор?

    ruКак мне завести мотор?

    deWie kann ich den Motor starten?

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  2. The car has a new engine.

    У машини новий двигун.

    ruУ машины новый двигатель.

    deDas Auto hat einen neuen Motor.

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  3. Something is wrong with the engine.

    Із двигуном щось не так.

    ruЧто-то не так с двигателем.

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  4. Tom started the engine.

    Том завів мотор.

    ruТом завёл мотор.

    deTom startete den Motor.

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  5. The engine won't start.

    Мотор не заводиться.

    ruДвигатель не заводится.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
mechanical device:
Русский
By meaning 2
mechanical device:
software or hardware system responsible for a specific technical task:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
mechanical device:

Origin

From Middle English engyn, from Anglo-Norman engine, Old French engin (“skill, cleverness,

From Middle English engyn, from Anglo-Norman engine, Old French engin (“skill, cleverness, war machine”), from Latin ingenium (“innate or natural quality, nature, genius, a genius, an invention, (in Late Latin) a war-engine, battering-ram”), related to ingignō (“to instil by birth, implant, produce in”). Compare gin, ingenious, engineer.

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Forms

plural: engines
Singularengine
Pluralengines

regular

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

43 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • started the engine
  • engine running running
  • off the engine
  • the engine running
  • turn the engine
  • search engine
  • engine running
  • the engine off
  • the engine started
  • with the engine
  • get the engine
  • the engine won't

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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