HOW TO PRONOUNCE
automobile
/ˈɔː.tə.məˌbil/
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What does automobile mean?
noun
- A type of motor vehicle designed to move on the ground under its own stored power and intended to carry a driver, a small number of additional passengers, and a very limited amount of other load.
adjective
- Self-moving; self-propelled.
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verb
- (dated) To travel by automobile.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈɔː.tə.məˌbil/
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/ˌɔː.tə.məˈbil//ˌɔː.təˈmoʊ.bil/
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Hart Henderson set the horn of the big automobile going as it shot from behind the trees lining the Brushwood road.
Now Charlie had got leave from college, and had gone away in his automobile on the next best thing to a honeymoon.
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An automobile full of people has just arrived to look over the institution, and Betsy, who usually does the honors, not here.
Another trip led to an encounter with a man who took her in an automobile under the promise of meeting a friend.
The automobile was taken up by the general public from the very start because it was a proposition comparatively easy of demonstration.