au·to·mo·bile
ˌȯ-tə-mō-ˈbēl 
ˈȯ-tə-mō-ˌbēl,
ˌȯ-tə-ˈmō-ˌbēl
: a usually four-wheeled automotive vehicle designed for passenger transportation
automobile
intransitive verb
Synonyms
Examples of automobile in a Sentence
Noun
He drives an expensive automobile.
browsed online for used automobiles for sale
Recent Examples on the Web
Kim Hjelmgaard, USA TODAY, 18 Apr. 2024
Visitors can flip through an old photo album, squeeze into the driver’s seat of an original Zastava automobile or try their hand at an Atari computer game.
—Alice Popovici, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Apr. 2024
Photo : Michael Furman for the Mullin Automotive Museum, courtesy of Gooding & Company
The J12 Cabriolet was the most expensive car built by the marque, and as costly as any automobile of its day.
—Robert Ross, Robb Report, 17 Apr. 2024
On the card’s lower left, the dawn of the automobile age is represented by a Ford Model S (the predecessor to the Model T).
—Randy Mason, Kansas City Star, 17 Apr. 2024
That would also help remove more automobile traffic from local roads, TDC members said.
—James A. Jones Jr., Miami Herald, 16 Apr. 2024
At the top is a single grade that provides a simple indication of overall system safety, like a movie rating or an automobile safety score.
—IEEE Spectrum, 16 Apr. 2024
The Fed’s interest rate hikes have indeed caused borrowing costs for everything from credit cards to automobiles to homes to climb to levels not seen in years.
—Rob Wile, NBC News, 10 Apr. 2024
The 1970 Clean Air Act allows the federal Environmental Protection Agency to limit air pollution from automobiles.
—Doyle McManus, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2024
Andrew J. Tobias, cleveland, 10 Jan. 2022
Bad news for the anti-automobile Ham & Eggers.
—Nick Canepa Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Nov. 2020
Pre-19th-century houses tend to be built right up against busy main roads (for ease of access in pre-automobile times).
—Jenny Xie, Curbed, 28 Jan. 2022
The Transportation Committee, chaired by Kerry McCormack, has expanded its purview to examine regional transportation policies, and focus more on non-automobile forms of transportation, like rail, bicycles, e-bikes, and scooters.
—Courtney Astolfi, cleveland, 4 Jan. 2022
America should learn from their pro-cycling, anti-automobile ways, not drag them down to our level!
—Jessica Goldstein, Vulture, 23 Dec. 2021
Noun
Sanctions will hit Iranian companies involved in the manufacturing of drones, suppliers and customers of one of its largest steel producers and automobile companies tied to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and the defense ministry.
—Kim Hjelmgaard, USA TODAY, 18 Apr. 2024
Visitors can flip through an old photo album, squeeze into the driver’s seat of an original Zastava automobile or try their hand at an Atari computer game.
—Alice Popovici, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Apr. 2024
Photo : Michael Furman for the Mullin Automotive Museum, courtesy of Gooding & Company
The J12 Cabriolet was the most expensive car built by the marque, and as costly as any automobile of its day.
—Robert Ross, Robb Report, 17 Apr. 2024
On the card’s lower left, the dawn of the automobile age is represented by a Ford Model S (the predecessor to the Model T).
—Randy Mason, Kansas City Star, 17 Apr. 2024
That would also help remove more automobile traffic from local roads, TDC members said.
—James A. Jones Jr., Miami Herald, 16 Apr. 2024
At the top is a single grade that provides a simple indication of overall system safety, like a movie rating or an automobile safety score.
—IEEE Spectrum, 16 Apr. 2024
The Fed’s interest rate hikes have indeed caused borrowing costs for everything from credit cards to automobiles to homes to climb to levels not seen in years.
—Rob Wile, NBC News, 10 Apr. 2024
The 1970 Clean Air Act allows the federal Environmental Protection Agency to limit air pollution from automobiles.
—Doyle McManus, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2024
Adjective
That included state income taxes ($130.7 million, or 15.1%, above estimates), non-automobile sales taxes ($80.7 million, or 8.5%, above estimates), auto sales taxes ($10.1 million, or 7.8%, above estimates) and commercial activity taxes ($2.4 million, or 23.1%, above estimates).
—Andrew J. Tobias, cleveland, 10 Jan. 2022
Bad news for the anti-automobile Ham & Eggers.
—Nick Canepa Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Nov. 2020
Pre-19th-century houses tend to be built right up against busy main roads (for ease of access in pre-automobile times).
—Jenny Xie, Curbed, 28 Jan. 2022
The Transportation Committee, chaired by Kerry McCormack, has expanded its purview to examine regional transportation policies, and focus more on non-automobile forms of transportation, like rail, bicycles, e-bikes, and scooters.
—Courtney Astolfi, cleveland, 4 Jan. 2022
America should learn from their pro-cycling, anti-automobile ways, not drag them down to our level!
—Jessica Goldstein, Vulture, 23 Dec. 2021
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“Automobile.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/automobile. Accessed 23 Apr. 2024.
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automobile
1 of 2 adjective
au·to·mo·bile
ˈȯt-ə-mō-ˌbēl
ˌȯt-ə-mō-ˈbē(ə)l
ˌȯt-ə-mō-ˈbē(ə)l
ˌȯt-ə-ˈmō-ˌbēl
: of or relating to automobiles
automobile
2 of 2 noun
: a usually four-wheeled vehicle with its own power system (as an internal combustion engine) designed for passenger transportation
automobile
verb
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