engine
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3.5
- noun
- /ˈɛn.dʒɪn/
:
motor
- Litigation is now among the most potent driving forces or "engines" of education policy-making today.
- engine of growth
- economic engine
- engine of innovation
We are tinkering with the engine of the world here.
- We are tinkering with the engine of the world here.
- But this is the engine that makes independent film go.
- The first is that its economic engine is starting to slow down.
- And that is, is a constant engine running in his head for everything.
- Trade is a vital engine for growth, jobs and development.
- And there is no reason for that engine to stop.
- And in certain situations you shouldn't because the suffering is the engine for growth ultimately.
Examples
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Trade is a vital engine for growth, jobs and development.
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At Stanford, we are an engine of innovation.
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So you have an economic engine which will fund this thing.
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The first is that its economic engine is starting to slow down.
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For several years, the United States was the only engine of economic growth in the world economy.
Academic text (1990) -
So more savings becomes the engine of growth for our economy.
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Competitive markets and private investment remain the engines of economic growth and wealth allocation.
Academic text (1999) -
The Declaration also launched and became the heart and the engine of the internationalization of human rights.
Academic text (1990) -
Over 400 organizations eventually joined W3C; it became an engine of innovation for the Web.
Academic text (2012) -
Small businesses are considered the engine of economic growth in many countries.
Synonyms
173
4.5
A thing or substance that causes a specific effect, often in medicine
69
6.0
A person, force, or thing that causes action
39
4.1
A force that makes something move forward
1
5.5
Energy that makes a machine like a car or train move
Idioms
To use much more effort or help than needed to do a small task
Compounds
- Specialized
93
2.9
A computer program that finds web pages and information on the internet
39
4.1
The room on a ship, train, or in a building where the engine and other machines are kept and run
- Specialized
11
4.5
A machine that burns fuel inside to make power to move a car or plane
- Specialized
10
3.5
A machine that uses steam from hot water to move parts like pistons or wheels
- Specialized
5
3.6
A machine that makes a push by throwing out its own fuel very fast for spaceships or missiles
- Specialized
5
4.0
A metal part of an engine that holds the cylinders and channels for cooling
- Specialized
4
3.2
A machine that burns gasoline to make power for vehicles and machines
- Specialized
3
6.6
An engine for spacecraft that pushes them by firing tiny charged particles very fast using electricity
- Specialized
2
3.3
A machine that burns natural gas to make power for vehicles or generators
- Archaic
1
5.0
A steam train that carries its own fuel and water without another car behind it
- Specialized
1
6.1
A small motor on a ship that gives extra power or runs equipment like an anchor winch
- Specialized
1
4.4
A machine that makes power using four piston movements in one cycle
- Specialized
1
6.7
An engine in which pistons move up and down in cylinders to turn a shaft
- Specialized
1
6.9
A machine that makes power by turning parts around a central point, used in cars or planes
- Specialized
1
5.7
A machine that burns fuel and pushes an aircraft forward by sending out fast hot air
- Specialized
1
5.1
A jet motor with a large front fan that pushes extra air to make the plane move forward
- Specialized
A diesel engine that injects fuel directly into the chamber where it burns
- Specialized
The system that removes heat from a car engine to stop overheating
- Specialized
An engine with a three-sided part that turns in a curved path instead of pistons
- Specialized
A machine like a steam engine that burns fuel outside its cylinder to use the heat to make motion
- Specialized
A jet engine with a large front fan that pushes extra air to make more power and save fuel
- Specialized
A machine that burns fuel inside and makes power in four piston strokes
- Specialized
A motor with cylinders arranged in a circle around a central hub used in aircraft
- Specialized
A machine like a jet or rocket that pushes a vehicle by throwing fast gas out the back
- Specialized
A machine that pushes a rocket or other spacecraft forward by shooting out fast gases
- Literature
A device in science fiction that makes vehicles float above the ground
- Archaic
A steam-powered vehicle with wheels that pulls heavy loads on farms and roads
- Specialized
An engine with the parts that let air in and let exhaust out at the top of the cylinders
- Specialized
A motor that makes power by a three-sided rotor turning inside an oval chamber
- Specialized
A car engine that makes power using a spinning three-sided piece instead of moving pistons
How Influential
Surface Forms
Etymology
Engine originally meant a clever device (from Latin ingenium and Old French engin), so by everyday use it came to mean a person or idea that 'drives' action; that's why we call something the 'engine' of growth or change.