automobile
noun
, ˌȯ-tə-mō-ˈbēl, ˌȯ-tə-ˈmō-ˌbēl
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Synonyms: Noun
auto, bus, car, horseless carriage, machine, motor, motor vehicle, motorcar, wheels [slang]
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He drives an expensive automobile. browsed the classified ads for used automobiles for saleRecent Examples on the Web: Noun
Most notably, data from the Federal Reserve showed U.S. industrial output fell 0.6% in January from the previous month, led by a decline in automobile production. — Sam Goldfarb, WSJ, "U.S. Government Bond Yields Tick Higher Amid Trade Hopes," 15 Feb. 2019 Henry Ford didn't revolutionize the automobile industry that way. — Fox News, "Lynne Patton responds to Omarosa audio tape," 15 Aug. 2018 Trump has called for revising the deal to gain more benefits for U.S. workers, but negotiations hit an impasse over cross-border automobile production. — Kevin Sieff, The Seattle Times, "López Obrador, winner of Mexican election, given broad mandate," 2 July 2018 Other manufacturers were no less concerned: One study suggests that the tariffs could kill up to 40,000 jobs in the automobile industry alone. — Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, "Trump deepens the West’s sense of crisis," 1 June 2018 Studebaker used it for automobile production until 1933. — Free Press Staff Reports, Detroit Free Press, "Ford Piquette plant adds rare collection for Detroit auto show," 12 Jan. 2018 American automobile production in the 1950s far exceeded the output of all other nations combined. — Jesse Leavenworth, courant.com, "A Pair Of ‘50s Characters For Manchester Car Show," 4 Aug. 2017 Each of these earlier revolutions is easy to measure in hindsight—tons of steel produced, number of automobiles on the road, the proportion of homes with a PC. — Christopher Mims, WSJ, "Inside the New Industrial Revolution," 12 Nov. 2018 Countries across the globe charge varying tariffs on certain types of automobiles. — Jack Ewing, New York Times, "Trump Voters May Be the Biggest Losers From Trump’s Auto Tariffs," 3 July 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'automobile.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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The first known use of automobile was in 1876
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