automobile industry
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- noun
- /ˈɔːtəməˌbiːl ˈɪndəstri/
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industria automotriz
- Many countries depend on the automobile industry for economic growth and development.
- protect the automobile industry
I would have let the automobile industry do what they had to do on their own.
- I would have let the automobile industry do what they had to do on their own.
- And then we were, you know, we had a lot of big industries that that were protected by tariffs, you know, things like steel, things like the automobile industry.
Examples
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Now, the automobile industry works every day to ensure that their cars are safe.
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But our our automobile industry is in trouble.
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I would have let the automobile industry do what they had to do on their own.
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The American automobile industry built this great nation.
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The most dramatic example of this phenomenon is the automobile industry.
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I mean, the automobile industry could be retooled for high speed transit.
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Fewer, leaner, and more efficient national firms were required for the European automobile industry to survive into the 1990s.
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In fact, they helped pave a path that allowed the automobile industry to flourish in the Motor City.
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The automobile industry plays a crucial role in the economy by providing millions of jobs.
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Innovations in technology are transforming the automobile industry to become more environmentally friendly.
Synonyms
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The industry that makes cars
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Morphology
The meaning of 'automobile industry' is directly and predictably derived from combining 'automobile' (a motor vehicle) with 'industry' (the sector producing goods), so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily infer it refers to the sector that manufactures cars. This noun + noun compound is a regular, cross-linguistically common composition pattern and thus highly transparent to learners.
Etymology
The term automobile industry comes from the word automobile, which meant 'self-moving' car, and industry, meaning a business that makes things. Picture many factories and companies building cars, and that is why the phrase means all the companies and organizations that make cars today.