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engine

noun

ˈen-jən How to pronounce engine (audio)
Definition of enginenext
as in machine
a device that changes energy into mechanical motion a car with a 200-horsepower engine

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Recent Examples of engine What the machine is is a non-alive statistical calculating engine located in a cloud. — Tyler Foggatt, New Yorker, 17 Sep. 2026 Acquisitions—such as Meta acquiring autonomous agent platform Manus and OpenAI acquiring open-source agent engine OpenClaw—demonstrate that investors and consumers value end-to-end task completion. — Pranjal Saxena, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2026 The program nevertheless marks a transition from predominantly digital development toward physical engine hardware. — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 16 Sep. 2026 From engine ignition through solar array deployment on the spacecraft, the Progress 96 launch was completely nominal. — Mike Wall, Space.com, 16 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for engine
Recent Examples of Synonyms for engine
  1. machine
  2. motor
Noun
  • These pioneers fully expected that machines would one day surpass humans—that AGI would become ASI, or artificial superintelligence—because there’s no reason to expect that humans are the pinnacle of intelligence.
    — George Musser, Scientific American, 17 Sep. 2026
  • Gauthier has in a short time already proved himself as a shot-volume machine and dangerous goal scorer at the NHL level.
    — Shayna Goldman, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of machine
Noun
  • Direct inhibitory currents appeared in a third of cells two millimeters out, and stimulating the visual cortex had measurable effects as far as frontal motor areas.
    — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Costco recently made the decision to limit how much motor oil, which is affected by crude markets and refining capacity, its members can buy.
    — Kevin Williams, CNBC, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of motor

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“Engine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/engine. Accessed 21 Sep. 2026.

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