vehicle
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English
Etymology
Borrowed from French véhicule, from Latin vehiculum (“a carriage, conveyance”), from vehere (“to carry”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈviː.ɪ.kəl/, /ˈvɪə.kəl/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈvi.ə.kəl/, /ˈviˌ(h)ɪ.kəl/
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈvɪː(ə).kəl/
- (Ireland) IPA(key): /ˈvɛ.hɪ.kəl/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -iːɪkəl, -ɪəkəl, -iːəkəl, -iːɪkəl, -iːhɪkəl, -ɪːkəl, -ɛhɪkəl
- Hyphenation: ve‧hi‧cle
Noun
vehicle (plural vehicles)
- A conveyance; a spacious device for carrying or transporting substances, objects, people or animals.
- 2006, Edwin Black, chapter 1, in Internal Combustion:
- 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.
- 2013 June 29, “High and wet”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8842, page 28:
- Floods in northern India, mostly in the small state of Uttarakhand, have wrought disaster on an enormous scale. […] Rock-filled torrents smashed vehicles and homes, burying victims under rubble and sludge.
- 2013 June 7, Ed Pilkington, “‘Killer robots’ should be banned in advance, UN told”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 6:
- In his submission to the UN, [Christof] Heyns points to the experience of drones. Unmanned aerial vehicles were intended initially only for surveillance, and their use for offensive purposes was prohibited, yet once strategists realised their perceived advantages as a means of carrying out targeted killings, all objections were swept out of the way.
- A medium for expression of talent or views.
- supporting actors in a Steven Spielberg vehicle
- A liquid content (e.g. oil) which acts as a binding and drying agent in paint.
- (pharmaceuticals) The main excipient (such as an oil or gel) that conveys the active ingredient of a drug.
- an ointment with a petrolatum vehicle
- An entity to achieve an end.
- mission service as a vehicle for development of better-rounded worldviews
- (Buddhism) A mode or method of spiritual practice; a yana.
- (Hinduism) An animal or (rarely) a plant on which a Hindu deity rides or sits.
Synonyms
- (Hinduism): vahan
Hyponyms
- See also Thesaurus:vehicle
Derived terms
- air cushion vehicle
- air-cushion vehicle
- air vehicle
- all-terrain vehicle
- armored combat vehicle
- armored fighting vehicle
- armoured combat vehicle
- armoured fighting vehicle
- ascent vehicle
- Asian utility vehicle
- autonomous vehicle
- battery electric vehicle
- descent vehicle
- Earth return vehicle
- electric vehicle
- electric vehicle supply equipment
- emergency vehicle
- fuel cell vehicle
- gross vehicle weight rating
- ground-effect vehicle
- ground vehicle
- heavy-duty vehicle
- heavy goods vehicle
- heavy vehicle
- high-occupancy vehicle
- high occupancy vehicle
- human-occupied vehicle
- hybrid electric vehicle
- hybrid vehicle
- hydrogen vehicle
- infantry fighting vehicle
- in-vehicle
- landing vehicle tracked
- launch vehicle
- light-duty vehicle
- light vehicle
- motor vehicle
- neighborhood electric vehicle
- neighbourhood electric vehicle
- new energy vehicle
- optionally piloted vehicle
- peak vehicle requirement
- pilot vehicle
- rail vehicle
- railway vehicle
- recovery vehicle
- recreational vehicle
- reply vehicle
- space vehicle
- star vehicle
- star-vehicle
- stock vehicle
- SUV, sport utility vehicle
- take-home vehicle
- tribrid vehicle
- vehicle identification number
- vehicle inspection
- vehicular
- zero-emission vehicle
Related terms
Translations
conveyance
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medium
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binding and drying agent
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pharmaceuticals: main excipient
Buddhism: yana
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Hinduism: animal or plant on which a Hindu deity sits
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Verb
vehicle (third-person singular simple present vehicles, present participle vehicling, simple past and past participle vehicled)
- to transport in a vehicle, or as if in a vehicle
- to travel in a vehicle
Further reading
- “vehicle”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “vehicle”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “vehicle”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin vehiculum.
Pronunciation
Noun
vehicle m (plural vehicles)
Related terms
Further reading
- “vehicle” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.