auto

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By this time the auto was all ready to start off again.

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  1. noun An automobile.
  2. intransitive verb To go by or ride in an automobile.

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  • "Having a discussion on price goes the way of the hackney carriage once the auto is here," —  Boston.com Most Popular
  • The record of foreign carmakers buying large or controlling interests in American auto companies has been universally disastrous. —  The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com
  • He had strong backing, even when he used soldiers and tanks to dissolve congress and the courts in an overnight operation in April 1992, a move which became known as the auto-golpe - or inside coup. —  BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition
  • Top car maker SAIC Motor, which soared 31.88 percent last week, aided by signs of a recovery in Chinese auto demand and speculation that SAIC would benefit as the government promoted mergers to restructure the sector, dropped 4.34 percent to 9.26 yuan. —  Forbes.com: News
  • BEIJING - The decline in China's exports accelerated in February, but Asia's bleak picture was tempered by other news Wednesday of a jump in Chinese auto sales and a smaller-than-expected drop in Japanese machinery orders. —  Reflector - Latest Headlines from The Daily Reflector
 

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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Short for automobile.

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  1. Spanish Portuguese, from Latin actus, an act: see act, n.
  2. A detached use of auto-.
 

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/ˈɔtə/
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