Automotive

//ˌɔtəˈmoʊtɪv// adj, noun

adj, noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A shop or company that sells motor vehicle parts.
  2. 2
    The field, business, or market segment that concerns automobiles, especially their manufacture.

    "His business is a machine shop that works mainly in automotive, aerospace, and medical."

Adjective
  1. 1
    Having the ability to move by itself; self-propelled or self-propelling. not-comparable
  2. 2
    Of, or relating to motor vehicles. not-comparable

    "But electric vehicles and the batteries that made them run became ensnared in corporate scandals, fraud, and monopolistic corruption that shook the confidence of the nation and inspired automotive upstarts."

Adjective
  1. 1
    containing within itself the means of propulsion or movement wordnet
  2. 2
    of or relating to motor vehicles wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
locomotiveself propelledself-propelledself-propelling

Example

More examples

"In the automotive industry of the 1970's, Japan beat the U.S. at its own game."

Etymology

From auto- + motive.

Related phrases

automotive batteryautomotive industryself propelledself propelling

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