auto
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- noun
- /ˈɔːtoʊ/
:
automóvil
- I thought we'd go to the auto show." Chaz smiled big at that.
- auto insurance
- auto parts
- auto repair
And next to that auto Body Shop was Venice Blvd.
- And next to that auto Body Shop was Venice Blvd.
- So that is my bleak recommendation for a California auto.
- There was the romance of the VW Beetle, the little round one, and the auto companies went crazy.
Examples
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We're going to an auto-parts store and get a new window.
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We have a warrant for your arrest for auto theft.
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All right guys, right now we're at the LA Auto Show with Ford.
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He'll find auto body shops for work.
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Phil did not have to join the auto workers' union as a condition for employment.
Academic text (1990) -
You can see their autos parked here near the entrance.
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Both lost wives here and sons; Reuven's was in an auto accident nearly a decade ago.
Fiction book (1993) -
China has not been a big exporter of autos to the developed world.
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His carport was littered with various auto parts and two old engine blocks.
Fiction book (1991) -
She decided to buy a new auto to replace her old one.
Synonyms
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A road vehicle with four wheels and an engine that carries people
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1.1
A vehicle with four wheels and an engine that carries people on roads
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A machine like a car or bus that moves on roads and has an engine
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A four-wheeled vehicle that carries people
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A car or other vehicle someone owns
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A machine with wheels like a car or bus that moves on roads
A kind of early car that uses an engine to carry people
Compounds
- Specialized
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7.1
A radio on a ship that automatically rings an alarm when it gets a distress signal
- NSFW
A public ceremony where authorities punish people for their religious beliefs, often by burning
- Specialized
A climbing tool that automatically locks and stops the rope if a climber falls
- Specialized
To repeat positive statements to yourself to change your thoughts and behavior
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Auto comes from the Greek root auto- meaning 'self', and in automobile it showed a vehicle that 'moves by itself'. So auto now means a car, and you can remember it like automatic, something that works by itself.