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automaker

automaker

87 3.5
A company that makes cars
  • noun
  • /ˈɔːtəˌmeɪkər/
translation icon : fabricante de automóviles
  • One of the agreements with the state was that the automakers would build and market electric vehicles in accordance with demand.
  • automakers and suppliers
  • Japanese automakers
  • U.S. automakers

And when the crisis hit, automakers lacked the bargaining clout to adapt.

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Examples

  • Automakers, energy and technology providers, along with government agencies are voluntarily working together to commercialize the fuel cell for cars and buses.

  • So far, German and Japanese automakers have been fastest to respond.

    Academic text (1999)
  • And at the time that most of this was going on, no one had any idea that every automaker was going to jump ship.

  • And it's hard for me to see how at least a legacy automaker is able to successfully scale and compete.

  • Why did Japanese automakers agree to reduce how many cars they sell in America?

  • The California mandate forced automakers to make electric cars.

  • If automakers wanted to continue to sell cars in California, some of those cars would have to be vehicles with no exhaust.

  • The big three American automakers abandoned the compact and sub compact car business about five years ago.

  • Since 1982, his Harbour Report has measured the manufacturing productivity of global automakers.

    Academic text (2011)
  • The California mandate forced automakers to make electric cars.

Synonyms

manufacturer
vsautomaker
477 3.1

A company or person that makes many products, often with machines

applies specifically to automobile production rather than to any goods
maker
vsautomaker
415 1.6

A person or company that creates things such as cars and furniture

refers specifically to companies that produce automobiles not anything
car company
vsautomaker
29 2.3

A business that makes and sells cars

focuses on manufacturing only, not sales
carmaker
vsautomaker
15 2.7

A company that makes cars

is the form using automobile rather than a shorter common word
auto company
vsautomaker
13 1.6

A business that makes and sells cars

refers only to making automobiles rather than selling them
car manufacturer
vsautomaker
8 2.7

A company that makes cars

is a shorter one-word expression for the same activity
car maker
vsautomaker
6 2.1

Company that makes cars

is the single-word version of the same concept
auto manufacturer
vsautomaker
5 3.2

A company that makes cars

is the one word alternative for the same idea
auto maker
vsautomaker
1 3.2

A company that makes cars

is the single-word form with the same meaning

How Big

car maker
6 2.1
automaker
87 3.5

Surface Forms

automaker singular
automakers plural

Morphology

automaker = maker (transparent) = auto + make + er

The word is a straightforward composition of 'auto' and 'maker', meaning a maker of automobiles.

Etymology

The word automaker comes from the prefix auto-, from the Greek autos meaning 'self', and the word maker, meaning 'someone who makes things'. Think of automatic, which means 'self-working', and of a 'self-moving' vehicle, so an automaker is simply a company that makes cars.