car company
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2.3
- noun
- /kɑr ˈkʌmpəni/
- Which car company do you work for?
- U.S. car company
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Watch on YouTubeWell, there haven't been that many car company start-ups.
- Well, there haven't been that many car company start-ups.
- And to build a car company with five people is is a quite a task.
- Tesla is bigger than the four NEX car companies combined.
- Do I think this car company has the chops to make really good software?
- He's putting us in space, but there's other electric car companies.
- So there are cars, car designers who are known or car companies who are known for their wonderful exteriors.
- If you show a show that shows the dark side of that business, how do you get a car company to pay for ads of that show?
- No, he goes and gets partners, raises equity, and he was able to grow Tesla into, you know, the biggest car company in the world in terms of value.
- And so that kind of approach and you kind of stumble into it, will Tesla be a a car company?
- All these legacy car companies individually aren't able to sell more cars that are electric than Tesla.
- Jaywalking was not an offence that was pushed by the car companies so that people would stay off the road so there wouldn't be deaths from pedestrians getting hit.
Examples
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And when I meet the heads of the major car companies, they tell me that these new advances are not far away.
Academic text (2003) -
It's a little German car company.
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And, you know, the American car companies just will not listen or learn from it.
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General Motors was the biggest car company in the world some years ago.
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At long last, the dead wood at the top of the car companies is dying or retiring.
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Tesla is bigger than the four NEX car companies combined.
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With no end to the recession in sight, car companies are now announcing one closure after another.
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This is why car companies are constantly running TV commercials and billboards.
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Unless they can meet future EPA emission standards, car companies won't consider bringing them here.
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Today, Toyota is the leading car company in electric vehicle sales.
Synonyms
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1.0
A Japanese company that makes cars and trucks and the cars it sells
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3.5
A company that makes cars
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1.6
A business that makes and sells cars
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2.7
A company that makes cars
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3.2
A company that makes cars
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2.7
A company that makes cars
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3.2
A company that makes cars
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2.1
Company that makes cars
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Morphology
The meaning 'a business that manufactures and sells automobiles' is directly and compositionally derived from 'car' (automobile) + 'company' (an organization that sells or produces goods). This noun–noun compound follows a common, cross-linguistic pattern and would be immediately understandable to a B1 learner who knows both constituent words.
Etymology
Car company comes from the simple picture of a group of people (a company) who build and sell cars together, like a workshop with many hands making the same vehicle. So it means a 'business' that makes and sells cars.