machine
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- noun
- /məˈʃin/
- In times like these, I like to think of this company as a well-oiled machine, and we want to keep it that way.
- a political machine
- a party machine
- a propaganda machine
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- It's just one big machine of brilliance.
- And the administrator of that machine was named Black Dog.
- I'm trying to build the best marketing machine in the world.
- Thus the machine shows more stuff to more people.
- It was purely, it was purely a machine like enterprise.
Examples
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In the world of politics, a well-oiled machine can influence elections and policy decisions.
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I'm trying to build the best marketing machine in the world.
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The question is whether the entire machine is working well in given schools, districts, and states.
Academic text (2013) -
A person is more a cog in the State's machine than a free individual.
Academic text (2017) -
Significantly, Israel has built a mighty military machine that has been successful in overcoming many military threats.
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The modern shops and factories of today still use mechanized machines to perform repetitive tasks.
Academic text (2012) -
The marketing team has created a powerful machine that drives sales and growth.
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Our organization operates like a machine, efficiently coordinating tasks to achieve our objectives.
Synonyms
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The systems and rules that make an organization or government work
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3.7
A group or system in which all parts work together smoothly
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6.5
A group that controls a political party and keeps power by giving favors
Idioms
Trying very hard even when facing a much stronger opponent
Compounds
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A machine that picks up phone calls and records messages when people cannot talk
- US
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A machine in a casino where you put coins and spin pictures to try to win money
- Specialized
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3.3
A machine that uses X rays to take pictures of the inside of the body or of bags
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3.0
A coin-operated game with a tilted table where flippers keep a metal ball moving to score points
- Specialized
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3.7
A workshop where people use tools to cut and shape metal or hard materials
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3.0
A machine that makes strong coffee by forcing hot water through finely ground beans
- Offensive
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7.9
A person who others see as very attractive and confident with partners in private
- Specialized
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3.5
A machine that removes waste and extra fluid from a person's blood when their kidneys fail
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A machine that helps a person get air into their lungs when they cannot do it on their own
- Specialized
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A machine used during heart surgery that pumps and adds oxygen to the blood
- Specialized
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7.9
A machine used by Germany in World War II to send secret coded messages
- Specialized
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4.9
A set of instructions in numbers that a computer's processor can run directly
- Specialized
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9.3
A simple machine that shows how a computer can work by reading and writing symbols on an endless tape
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2.9
A machine that gives you cash from your bank account when you use a bank card and secret number
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2.7
A machine outside banks that gives cash and lets you do basic banking with a card and a code
- Specialized
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5.8
A programming language made of 0s and 1s that a computer runs directly
- Archaic
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9.9
A machine that makes whole lines of metal letters from a keyboard for printing
- Specialized
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3.4
A basic tool like a lever or pulley that makes work easier by changing the force
- Specialized
1
3.5
A computer program that changes text or speech from one language into another
- Specialized
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5.6
A tool with a spinning cutter that cuts and shapes metal and other hard materials
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4.4
A machine that covers paper or cards with a thin plastic layer to protect them
- Archaic
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6.4
A belt-fed machine gun used by US forces in World War II and the Korean War
- Offensive
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7.3
A person in politics who serves a powerful party group for personal gain
- Specialized
1
4.2
A machine that presses material like metal to make shapes or marks
- Specialized
1
3.7
A metal screw with the same width along its length used with a nut or in a threaded hole
- Specialized
1
7.6
A machine that makes prints by using a flat stone or metal plate to hold ink
- Archaic
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8.3
An early machine that counts and sorts information from cards with holes
- Archaic
1
9.9
A machine that makes many paper copies by pressing ink through a stencil
- Archaic
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9.9
A small hut on wheels used on old beaches for changing clothes and entering the sea privately
- Specialized
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6.6
A computer that stores programs and data together in memory and runs instructions one after another
How Efficient
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1.0
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Surface Forms
Etymology
A machine originally meant a device that works smoothly, so people began to call an organized system a machine when it runs like a well-made device. That's why a business or political machine means a group that works efficiently to reach its goals.