gas mileage
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3.0
- noun
- /ɡæs ˈmaɪlɪdʒ/
- US
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consumo de gasolina
- I have a running truck that I built myself and it gets decent gas mileage.
- cars with low gas mileage
The Civic got great gas mileage just as the world faced the oil crisis, and it ran clean.
- The Civic got great gas mileage just as the world faced the oil crisis, and it ran clean.
- IT is good gas mileage, it's as efficient as a much smaller car, and it's available if you're crazy enough to want it, the Toyota Crown.
Examples
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We want good styling, good gas mileage, and something sporty and fun to drive.
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Many drivers are looking for ways to improve their gas mileage and save money on fuel.
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Joe, this van gets terrible gas mileage.
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Cars today get more than twice the gas mileage they did 40 years ago.
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Which still means it gets 15% worse gas mileage than when running on gasoline.
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The Civic got great gas mileage just as the world faced the oil crisis, and it ran clean.
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The Prius gets much better gas mileage than almost all other cars.
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So why aren't the cars we drive today getting dramatically better gas mileage?
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One benefit of sport touring is that it gets excellent gas mileage (60+), even in the higher state of tune.
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How's the gas mileage?
Fiction book (1997)
Synonyms
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2.9
How many miles a vehicle can travel on one gallon of fuel
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2.7
How far a car can travel on one gallon of fuel
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3.9
Amount of fuel a vehicle like a car uses for a certain distance or time
How many miles a car can travel on one gallon of gas
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly derivable from combining 'gas' (fuel) with 'mileage' (how many miles a vehicle gets per fuel); together they naturally denote miles per gallon or fuel efficiency. This is a transparent noun–noun composition and follows a common cross‑linguistic pattern, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents will readily understand it.
Etymology
Gas mileage comes from drivers counting how many miles their car could travel after filling the tank; gas is the fuel and mileage is the miles covered. So gas mileage now means 'how far a car can go on a given amount of fuel'.