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au·to·mo·bile
 automobile
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- pronunciation:
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a four-wheeled vehicle with a built-in, self-propelled motor requiring a driver and used on roads to carry people; passenger car.
- synonyms:
- auto, car, motorcar
- similar words:
- convertible, hot rod, jalopy, motor vehicle, vehicle
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adjective + (n.)automobile
antique, efficient, expensive, hybrid, improved, luxury, mass-produced, passing
verb + (n.)automobile
assemble, ban, drive, import, injure, invent, manufacture, own, purchase, regulate, repair
(n.)automobile
+ verb
advertise, export, park, power, race, tire
noun + (n.)automobile
advent,
aerospace,
bicycle,
chemical,
combustion,
dependence,
efficiency,
electricity,
export,
fuel,
hood,
invention,
manufacture,
mileage,
mortgage,
passenger,
pedestrian,
plane,
pollution,
prototype,
purchase,
railroad,
refrigerator,
reliance,
rider,
standard,
steel,
telephone,
train,
transit,
transportation,
wheel
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The word automobile
contains the following parts:
aut, auto
Greek
prefix
that means self
  Example words:
autarchy, autarky, autism, autobiography, autocracy, autogamy, autogiro, autograph, autohypnosis, autointoxication, automatic, automobile, autonetics, autonomic, autonomic nervous system, autonomous, autonomy, autopsy, autoradiograph, semiautomatic
mob, mot, mov
Latin
root
that means move
  Example words:
automobile, commotion, demote, emote, emotion, immobile, immovable, locomotion, mobile, motivate, motivation, motive, motor, movement, nonmotile, remote, remove, unmotivated, unmoved
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