sedan
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2.4
- noun
- /sɪˈdæn/
- US
:
sedán
- The stolen vehicle was identified as a blue sedan with four doors.
- four-door sedan
- luxury sedan
- a family sedan
That guy, Wendy's guy, he drove like this yellow Cutlass sedan kind of car.
- That guy, Wendy's guy, he drove like this yellow Cutlass sedan kind of car.
- But look, there's room in the electric car market for more than one premium sedan.
- And they shoved me out into the street and forced me into a waiting new Lexus sedan.
- Behind a small map in a car, in a sedan.
- Now, of course, there are some reasons to take a sedan.
Examples
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Pulled into the bank lot, almost got sideswiped by a sedan.
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Claire seemed defined by her navy blue sedan and her part-time editorial job.
Fiction book (1992) -
- See a blue sedan, same make as yours?
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The stolen car is a yellow Ford sedan.
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She'd backed the sedan in, just the way I told her to.
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Not half a mile away, on their side of the road, sat a red sedan, its hood raised.
Fiction book (1990) -
You own a black 2009 4-door sedan?
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A retired fireman bought an expensive new sedan; he said it would be his last.
Fiction book (1990) -
A long line of black sedans with congressional plates pulls up to the South Portico.
Fiction book (1993) -
Tires squeal as an unmarked sedan pulls up to the curb.
Fiction book (1992)
Synonyms
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3.6
A car with a fixed roof, four doors, and a separate space for luggage
Compounds
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Etymology
Sedan for a passenger car keeps an old image: it comes from a type of covered chair and the Latin root sedere 'to sit'. So a sedan is like a private, enclosed 'seat' for people, which helps explain its name.