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noun

auto n. An abbreviation of automobile.

Synonyms: car, automobile, machine, motorcar

adjective

auto adj. Of or pertaining to an automobile; as, an auto mechanic.

prefix

auto- pref.

A combining form, with the meaning of self, one's self, one's own, itself, its own.

A prefix with the meaning of self-moving, self-propelling; as, an autocar, an autocarriage, an autotruck, etc., an automobile car, carriage, truck, etc.

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Etymology of 'Auto'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Auto" Quotes from Famous Books

... the party killed five Uhlans. Two days later it killed seven and on another occasion near Waterloo, the auto ran into a force of 500 Germans and escaped after killing twenty-five with a rapid-fire gun, which was mounted on the ...

— America's War for Humanity • Thomas Herbert Russell

... take and drive me—if you furnish the auto—out into the suburbs of Philadelphia, and introduce me to the people who own their homes around this great city, those beautiful homes with gardens and flowers, those magnificent homes so lovely in their art, and I will introduce you to the very best people ...

— Acres of Diamonds • Russell H. Conwell

... they realize that it was the team Neale O'Neil had been driving. An auto horn had startled them at the Parade Ground, while Neale was out of the wagon, and downtown ...

— The Corner House Girls at School • Grace Brooks Hill

... homes, command all the varieties of foods gathered from the four corners of the earth, and sail for Africa or Alaska at their pleasure; but the poverty-stricken man must walk or take a street car—he does not have the choice of yacht, auto, or special train. He must spend the most of his life in labor and be content with the staples of the food-market. Monotony is poverty, whether in speech or in life. Strive to increase the variety of your speech as the business man labors to ...

— The Art of Public Speaking • Dale Carnagey (AKA Dale Carnegie) and J. Berg Esenwein

... is Unter den Linden. Straight on and fourth turning to the left for the Siegesallee.... Oui, Monsieur, l'auto de luxe pour Petrograd part a midi.... Nein, mein Herr, es ist verboten. Broadly speaking, alles ist polizeilich verboten. You will be quite safe in assuming that anything you yearn for just now ist strengstens polizeilich verboten. Passen Sie ...

— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, October 14, 1914 • Various

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