machine
A device that directs and controls energy, often in the form of movement or…A device that directs and controls energy, often in the form of movement or electricity, to produce a certain effect.
» Do you know how to use this machine?
Weißt du, wie man diese Maschine benutzt?
Weißt du, wie man diese Maschine bedient?
Ты знаешь, как пользоваться этой машиной?
Ти вмієш користуватися цим прибором?
Ти вмієш користуватися цією машиною?
Meaning
11 sensesA device that directs and controls energy, often in the form of movement or electricity, to produce a certain effect.
Maschine
маши́наmašína, механи́змmexanízm, аппара́тapparát
маши́наmašýna
(dated)A vehicle operated mechanically, such as an automobile or an airplane.
Maschine
маши́наmašína, автомоби́льavtomobílʹ
(abbreviation)An answering machine or, by extension, voice mail.
I called you earlier, but all I got was the machine.
A computer.
Game developers assume they're pushing the limits of the machine.
He refuses to turn off his Linux machine.
(figuratively)A person or organisation that seemingly acts like a machine, being particularly efficient, single-minded, or unemotional.
Bruce Campbell was a "demon-killing machine" because he made quick work of killing demons.
The government has become a money-making machine.
Maschine
маши́наmašína
an efficient person
Especially, the group that controls a political or similar organization; a combination of persons acting together for a common purpose, with the agencies which they use.
маши́наmašína, аппара́тapparát
a group that controls the activities of a political party
Supernatural agency in a poem, or a superhuman being introduced to perform some exploit.
(US)The system of special interest groups that supports a political party, especially in urban areas.
(historical)A contrivance in the Ancient Greek theatre for indicating a change of scene, by means of which a god might cross the stage or deliver a divine message; the deus ex machina.
(euphemistic, obsolete)Penis.
(obsolete)A bathing machine.
Examples
1231 sentencesDo you know how to use this machine?
Ти вмієш користуватися цим прибором?
ruТы знаешь, как пользоваться этой машиной?
deWeißt du, wie man diese Maschine benutzt?
Could you show me how to use that machine?
Можеш показати мені, як працює ця машина?
ruНе мог бы ты показать мне, как использовать эту машину?
She asked him how to turn on the machine.
Вона запитала його, як увімкнути машину.
ruОна спросила его, как заводить машину.
This machine is now out of date.
Ця машина наразі застаріла.
ruЭта машина уже устарела.
deDiese Maschine ist inzwischen veraltet.
Is there a cash machine near here?
Тут неподалік є банкомат?
ruЗдесь поблизости есть банкомат?
deGibt es hier in der Gegend einen Geldautomaten?
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from Middle French machine, from Latin māchina (“a machine, engine, contrivance,Borrowed from Middle French machine, from Latin māchina (“a machine, engine, contrivance, device, stratagem, trick”), from Doric Greek μᾱχᾰνᾱ́ (mākhănā́), cognate with Attic Greek μηχᾰνή (mēkhănḗ, “a machine, engine, contrivance, device”), from which comes mechanical. Displaced native Old English searu.
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Forms
plural: machinesSynonyms
8 synonyms- a device for overcoming resistance at one point by applying force at some other point:simple machine
- a group that controls the activities of a political party:political machine
- a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine:carautoautomobilemotorcar
Word family
180 related wordsCollocations
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