Transcription
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- US Pronunciation
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- [moh-ter]
- /ˈmoʊ tər/
- /ˈməʊtə(r)/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [moh-ter]
- /ˈmoʊ tər/
Definitions of motor word
- noun motor a comparatively small and powerful engine, especially an internal-combustion engine in an automobile, motorboat, or the like. 1
- noun motor any self-powered vehicle. 1
- noun motor a person or thing that imparts motion, especially a contrivance, as a steam engine, that receives and modifies energy from some natural source in order to utilize it in driving machinery. 1
- noun motor Also called electric motor. Electricity. a machine that converts electrical energy into mechanical energy, as an induction motor. 1
- noun motor motors, stocks or bonds in automobile companies. 1
- adjective motor pertaining to or operated by a motor. 1
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Origin of motor
First appearance:
before 1580 One of the 35% oldest English words
1580-90; < Latin mōtor mover, equivalent to mō- (variant stem of movēre to move) + -tor -tor
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Parts of speech for Motor
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
motor popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 98% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
motor usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for motor
noun motor
- cylinder — A cylinder is an object with flat circular ends and long straight sides.
- generator — a machine that converts one form of energy into another, especially mechanical energy into electrical energy, as a dynamo, or electrical energy into sound, as an acoustic generator.
- mechanism — an assembly of moving parts performing a complete functional motion, often being part of a large machine; linkage.
- transformer — a person or thing that transforms.
- turbine — any of various machines having a rotor, usually with vanes or blades, driven by the pressure, momentum, or reactive thrust of a moving fluid, as steam, water, hot gases, or air, either occurring in the form of free jets or as a fluid passing through and entirely filling a housing around the rotor.
adjective motor
- motorized — to furnish with a motor, as a vehicle.
- mechanical — having to do with machinery: a mechanical failure.
verb motor
- drive — to send, expel, or otherwise cause to move by force or compulsion: to drive away the flies; to drive back an attacking army; to drive a person to desperation.
- travel — to go from one place to another, as by car, train, plane, or ship; take a trip; journey: to travel for pleasure.
- proceed — to move or go forward or onward, especially after stopping.
- journey — a traveling from one place to another, usually taking a rather long time; trip: a six-day journey across the desert.
- ride — to sit on and manage a horse or other animal in motion; be carried on the back of an animal.
Antonyms for motor
verb motor
- dawdle — If you dawdle, you spend more time than is necessary going somewhere.
- get behind — support: a cause, etc.