vehicle

noun

ˈvē-ə-kəl How to pronounce vehicle (audio)
Definition of vehiclenext
1
as in instrumentality
something used to achieve an end used organized protests as a vehicle for change

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2
as in transportation
something used to carry goods or passengers bought a larger vehicle after they had a third baby

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Recent Examples of vehicle Rohit killed himself after deputies tried to stop his vehicle on Highway 50 near Howe Avenue shortly after the shooting, the sheriff’s office said. — Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 11 Sep. 2026 However, diesel powers nearly everything else – trucks, tractors, freight trains, boats and construction vehicles. — Matt Egan, CNN Money, 11 Sep. 2026 The vehicle overturned and fell about 40 to 50 feet below, according to authorities. — Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2026 Roshel specializes in the production of armored defense vehicles and fleet management. — Liam Rappleye, Freep.com, 11 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for vehicle
Recent Examples of Synonyms for vehicle
  1. instrumentality
  2. transportation
  3. instrument
  4. transport
  5. means
  6. agent
  7. machinery
  8. mechanism
Noun
  • Advertisement The war on terror represented a failed effort to impose a unipolar order on the world, one that could no longer rely on the economic instrumentality of globalization alone.
    — Faisal Devji, Time, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Issued by the Wyoming Stable Token Commission, a state instrumentality created under the Wyoming Stable Token Act (2023), FRNT is fully reserved and managed in partnership with Franklin Templeton.
    — Jason Brett, Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2026
Definition of instrumentality
Noun
  • Organizers said donations could be used for legal defense, moving the family, basic living expenses, transportation, counseling and security.
    — Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 6 Sep. 2026
  • Families are dealing with groceries, insurance, healthcare, transportation, utilities and childcare at the same time.
    — Jay Reddick, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of transportation
Noun
  • For nearly 50 years, the instrument has provided constant measurements on the ion, electron and cosmic ray environment in deep space.
    — Tariq Malik, Space.com, 5 Sep. 2026
  • The instrument, brought to the Americas with the African slave trade, echoed another history of endurance, creativity, and cultural inheritance.
    — Octavia McBride-Ahebee, Christian Science Monitor, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of instrument
Noun
  • Almost a year in the planning, the aircraft will be supported by three refueling planes, two transport aircraft and around 300 personnel overseen from a headquarters near Lyon in eastern France.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 12 Sep. 2026
  • The price of a barrel of Brent crude, the international benchmark, surged above $100 this week, and diesel — heavily used in transport and farming — hit a record, potentially stoking inflation.
    — Joseph Krauss, Chicago Tribune, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of transport
Noun
  • The power is in the hands of the owners of the means of production, and that is not the doctors.
    — Torie Bosch, STAT, 5 Sep. 2026
  • That’s well above 2025’s monthly average of 10,000 jobs, but below the monthly means for 2023 and 2024.
    — Steve Kopack, NBC news, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of means
Noun
  • Their defensive line flipped from fatal flaw to deep, disruptive chaos agent.
    — Matt Schneidman, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2026
  • What was the reason, exactly, for agents dressing for battle and toting weapons and riding in boats down the Chicago River?
    — Andrew Carter, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of agent
Noun
  • The pair share trade in many of the same sectors, including energy, vehicles, heavy machinery, aircraft, pharmaceuticals, gems and jewelry, furniture, clothing and a host of foods and drinks.
    — Jenni Reid,Kevin Breuninger, CNBC, 8 Sep. 2026
  • Turning it into something an audience actually experiences requires the unglamorous machinery of execution.
    — Larry Bomback, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of machinery
Noun
  • Overheating or air bubbles cause the mechanism to enter limp mode, circulating fluid without cooling it.
    — Patrick Iversen, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
  • Screening the electron interactions weakened and ultimately eliminated superconductivity, supporting an unconventional mechanism for electron pairing.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of mechanism

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