Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. An automobile.
- v. To go by or ride in an automobile.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. In Spanish literature, a play.
- n. In Spanish law:
- n. An order; a decree; a sentence; a decision.
- n. plural The pleadings and proceedings in a lawsuit.
- n. An auto de fe.
- n. An element in compound words of Greek origin, meaning self, of itself (natural), of one's self (independently), of nothing but …, etc.: very common in English and other modern languages, especially in scientific terms.
- n. A colloquial abbreviation of automobile: a motor-car.
- n. A real existence; what actually exists, in contradistinction to what only apparently exists.
Wiktionary
- n. An automobile.
- n. A setting for automatic operation.
- n. A writ
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. An abbreviation of
automobile . - adj. of or pertaining to an automobile.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine
Etymologies
- From Ancient Greek αὐτός (autos, "self"), metanalyzed from auto- in words such as automatic, autopilot, and automobile. (Wiktionary)
- Short for automobile. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“I didn't know about the synonym search (e.g. "~auto loan" will allow auto to match car, truck, etc.) and the wildcards (e.g. "red * blue" will match occurrences of red and blue with one word in between).”
“Once you plug in the Wii MotionPlus dongle, the title auto-recognizes it and takes advantage of its added precision.”
“The term auto bias normally describes a circuit in which the signal grid of a power tube is referenced to ground, and the potential of the cathode is raised above ground through a cathode resistor (footnote 1), thus prompting the tube to adjust itself under operating conditions.”
“You've also got all these auto - what I call auto-performers, who are performing themselves, people like Divine and Mary Vivian Pierce, I mean, people who are really performing heightened versions of themselves.”
“Algore your guru of climate change said the auto is the greatest threat to humanity why are you still driving?”
“Here -- and more especially in the study of those spontaneous solitary manifestations which I call auto-erotic -- I have attempted to clear the ground, and to indicate the main lines along which the progress of our knowledge in these fields may best be attained.”
“Now onwards, Google said there would be no auto-following, but Google will merely suggest people you could follow, what it calls auto-suggest.”
“Google said there would be no auto-following, but Google will merely suggest people you could follow, what it calls auto-suggest.”
“His analysis found that Mr. Borker benefited chiefly from various "black-hat tricks" to improve his site's standing, including links from what he called auto-generated spam pages.”
“Because of the extra $2,700 we were able to apply to debt, we paid off a full 1. 56\% of our debt, which I define as our auto loans (currently $0), student loans, and mortgage.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘auto’.
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webdev
random webdev lingo used primarily in computer programming.
( open list, randomness, technical jargon, geek speak )
more:
ajax, user, admin, frontend, backend, database, sql, protocol, call, dom, layout, ui and 439 more... -
prefix (regular, compound, hyphenate)
cool prefixes to add to anything (noun, verb, adjective) to create a word, compound word or 2 word phrase.
examples: hyper = hypercharge ; phantom = phantom charge.
go...uber, super, hyper, phantom, mega, ultra, quantum, maxi, poli, exo, extra, multi and 25 more...
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Prefixes
a-, ab, abs, ambi, ante, anti, aqu, aqua, arch, astro, auto, bene and 71 more...
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Automobiles
ambulance, automobile, beach buggy, cab, car, cement mixer, cherry, coach, compact, convertible, coupe, deuce and 66 more...
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Fun with Apocopes
Words created by removing the end of a longer or original word. See also Fun with Aphesis.
abs, ad, bio, veg, veggie, tux, auto, bike, carbs, pecs, bro, sis and 186 more...
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Basic English Vocabulary
Very basic words for ESL students.
a, abandon, ability, able, abortion, about, above, abroad, absence, absolute, absolutely, absorb and 4334 more...
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Permutations
There are 17576 different sequences of three letters (26 x 26 x 26). How many of them occur in words? General rules of engagement: mononyms only, lower case preferred to upper case, short preferred...
aaargh, niqaabi, Isaac, raad, baaed, haaf, laager, aah, kamaaina, Naajaat, aak, aalii and 637 more...
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the hotlist
short, sweet, epic, catchy, sassy, sexy & sizzling.
( personal list, randomness )
more:
http://www.wordnik.com/lists/...zing, epic, win, fail, hot, warp, times, clip, onyx, wonky, pwn, leet and 1493 more...
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Firearms
Nicknames for guns.
ratchet, cohete, chopper, gat, strap, long gun, auto, pistol, sidearm, slugthrower, kinetic weapon, revolver and 22 more...
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jossette's Words
neuron, isotope, automaton, andalite, cryptozoology, armadillo, phosphorescent, avocado, eviscerate, norwegian, annihilate, toboggan and 49 more...
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MEC4 Lesson 148
piece together, fiancée, fiancé, down the drain, drain, hard, pathetic, modeling school, enroll, blood, audition, mispronounce and 42 more...
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Vowel Rich
Scrabble List: vowel dumps
aeon, aero, agee, agio, ague, aide, akee, alee, alae, aloe, amia, amie and 67 more...
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free's Words
freedom, balance, top, pop, music, sci, art, biz, psy, key, link, way and 82 more...
Tweets
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