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
Examples of automobile in a Sentence
Noun
He drives an expensive automobile.
browsed online for used automobiles for sale
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Maggie Menderski, Louisville Courier Journal, 26 Oct. 2025
Beijing also announced an unprecedented licensing regime to restrict the export of certain rare earths, which disrupted global productions of automobiles among others.
—John Liu, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2025
Jenny Xie, Curbed, 28 Jan. 2022
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
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Noun
Frazier Rehabilitation Institute In 1929, Amelia Brown Frazier, George Garvin Brown’s granddaughter, was injured in an automobile accident that changed her life forever.
—Maggie Menderski, Louisville Courier Journal, 26 Oct. 2025
Beijing also announced an unprecedented licensing regime to restrict the export of certain rare earths, which disrupted global productions of automobiles among others.
—John Liu, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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
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
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“Automobile.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/automobile. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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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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