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motor

[ moh-ter ]

noun

  1. a comparatively small and powerful engine, especially an internal-combustion engine in an automobile, motorboat, or the like.
  2. any self-powered vehicle.
  3. 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.
  4. Also called electric motor. Electricity. a machine that converts electrical energy into mechanical energy, as an induction motor.
  5. motors, stocks or bonds in automobile companies.


adjective

  1. pertaining to or operated by a motor.
  2. of, for, by, or pertaining to motor vehicles:

    motor freight.

  3. designed or for automobiles, their drivers, or their passengers:

    The hotel has a motor lobby in its parking garage for picking up and discharging passengers.

  4. causing or producing motion.
  5. Physiology. conveying an impulse that results or tends to result in motion, as a nerve.
  6. Psychology, Physiology. Also of, relating to, or involving muscular movement:

    a motor response; motor images.

verb (used without object)

  1. to ride or travel in an automobile; drive:

    They motored up the coast.

verb (used with object)

  1. Chiefly British. to drive or transport by car:

    He motored his son to school.

motor

/ ˈməʊtə /

noun

    1. the engine, esp an internal-combustion engine, of a vehicle
    2. ( as modifier )

      a motor scooter

  1. Also calledelectric motor a machine that converts electrical energy into mechanical energy by means of the forces exerted on a current-carrying coil placed in a magnetic field
  2. any device that converts another form of energy into mechanical energy to produce motion
  3. an indispensable part or player that moves a process or system along
    1. a car or other motor vehicle
    2. as modifier

      motor spares

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

  1. producing or causing motion
  2. physiol
    1. of or relating to nerves or neurons that carry impulses that cause muscles to contract
    2. of or relating to movement or to muscles that induce movement
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. intr to travel by car
  2. tr to transport by car
  3. informal.
    intr to move fast; make good progress
  4. tr to motivate
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

motor

Noun

  1. A machine that uses energy, such as electric or chemical energy (as from burning a fuel), to produce mechanical motion.
  2. See also engine

Adjective

  1. Involving the muscles or the nerves that are connected to them.
  2. Compare sensory
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Other Word Forms

  • multi·motor noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of motor1

1580–90; < Latin mōtor mover, equivalent to mō- (variant stem of movēre to move ) + -tor -tor
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Word History and Origins

Origin of motor1

C16: from Latin mōtor a mover, from movēre to move
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It previously said it would consider buying a stake in Japan's Nissan Motor for "co-operation" as it looked to get into the motor industry.

From BBC

In late 2022, the Department of Homeland Security said state motor vehicle departments needed more time to deal with the backlog of applications and set the final deadline for May 2025.

"Hiyab was in the boat in front of us - its motor wasn't working and it was being propelled by a strong wind," he said.

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“As with motor vehicle accidents, the causes of those mishaps 50 or 100 or 1,000 miles apart from one another almost mostly have completely different circumstances involved,” he said.

It was exemplified by his final large rally on the US-Canada border, with the Ambassador Bridge and a skyline of iconic Detroit motoring firms behind him.

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