auto : Idioms & Phrases

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auto accessory

  • noun an accessory for an automobile
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auto company

  • noun a company that makes and sells automobiles
    car company.
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auto factory

  • noun a factory where automobiles are manufactured
    automobile factory; car factory.
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auto limitation

  • noun social control achieved as a manifestation of self-will or general consent
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auto loan

  • noun a personal loan to purchase an automobile
    car loan; automobile loan.
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auto maker

  • noun a business engaged in the manufacture of automobiles
    auto maker; automaker; car manufacturer; car maker; carmaker.
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auto manufacturer

  • noun a business engaged in the manufacture of automobiles
    auto maker; automaker; car manufacturer; car maker; carmaker.
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auto mechanics

  • noun the craft of building and repairing automobiles
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auto part

  • noun a component of an automobile
    car part.
    • his business is auto parts
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auto race

  • noun a race between (usually high-performance) automobiles
    automobile race; car race.
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auto racing

  • noun the sport of racing automobiles
    car racing.
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auto tire

  • noun a tire consisting of a rubber ring around the rim of an automobile wheel
    rubber tire; automobile tire; car tire.
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auto-

Au"to-
Etymology
Gr. self.
Definitions
  1. A combining form, with the meaning of self, one's self, one's own, itself, its own.
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auto-changer

  • noun an automatic mechanical device on a record player that causes new records to be played without manual intervention
    changer; record changer.
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auto-da-fe

  • noun the burning to death of heretics (as during the Spanish Inquisition)
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Au"to-da-fé" noun (Also<
  • Auto-da-fe
  • Auto-da-fé
)
Etymology
Pg., act of the faith; auto act, fr. L. actus + da of the + fé faith, fr. L. fides.
Wordforms
plural Autos-da-feminineé
Definitions
  1. A judgment of the Inquisition in Spain and Portugal condemning or acquitting persons accused of religious offenses.
  2. An execution of such sentence, by the civil power, esp. the burning of a heretic. It was usually held on Sunday, and was made a great public solemnity by impressive forms and ceremonies.
  3. A session of the court of Inquisition.
Webster 1913

auto-de-fe

Au"to-de-fe" noun
Etymology
Sp., act of faith.
Wordforms
plural Autos-de-fe
Definitions
  1. Same as Auto-da-fé.
Webster 1913

auto-mechanic

  • noun someone whose occupation is repairing and maintaining automobiles
    grease monkey; automobile mechanic; car-mechanic; mechanic.
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auto-suggestion

  • noun a system for self-improvement developed by Emile Coue which was popular in the 1920s and 1930s
    self-suggestion; autosuggestion.
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