cruise control
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- noun
- /kruːz kənˈtroʊl/
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control de crucero
- When we hit the highway, I activated the cruise control to relax my foot during the drive.
- adaptive cruise control
- set the cruise control
- cruise control system
Right now it's on just cruise control, but let's see.
- Right now it's on just cruise control, but let's see.
- Not because I think cruise control is evil.
- It does not have adaptive cruise control, I suspect because of the manual transmission.
- So when I put the cruise control on, I'll just like kind of like sit.
- And by the way, yes, I did just mention an off road cruise control feature.
- OK, Yeah, I mean, it is, you know, if you like cruise control, imagine cruise control, but much, much more.
Examples
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The top button is for cruise control on and off.
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Let me just set the cruise control.
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Not a factor in our test, as the car was run on cruise control.
Blog text (21) -
So automatic cruise control works all the time.
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On longer trips, I can get up to 33 MPG by using the cruise control.
Blog text (24) -
Cruise control just regulates speed, it doesn't steer.
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When we got back on 74, Mitch put the Celebrity P150 on cruise control at seventy.
Fiction book (1992) -
Who but the collector today wants a car without a radio, intermittent windshield wipers, cruise control, and cup holders?
Academic text (2000) -
On long drives, I find it helpful to set the car's cruise control to maintain a constant speed.
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The new model features an advanced cruise control system that adjusts speed according to traffic.
Synonyms
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5.3
A car system that keeps a set speed and a safe distance from other vehicles
How Automatic
Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound is compositionally regular: 'cruise' (steady travel/speed) modifies 'control' (a mechanism for regulating), so a B1 learner who knows both words can infer a device that controls cruising speed. This follows a common noun–noun compounding pattern and is cross-linguistically transparent, making the meaning readily derivable from the constituents.
Etymology
Cruise control comes from two simple ideas: cruise meaning to move at an even speed and control meaning to keep something steady. So cruise control is a system that keeps a 'steady speed' for the driver without them pressing the pedal.