auto
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Is auto a Scrabble word?
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- Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
- Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
- Wordle No
- Words With Friends Yes
What is the meaning of auto?
Definition
adj (English)
1. (automotive) Clipping of automatic (of a gearbox/transmission).Examples: "It's an auto sedan which we picked up from a wholesaler locally."; "For the first eight years of the Tetris Championship Series, the eventual victor used a technique known as delayed auto shift, or "DAS.""abbreviationalt-ofclippingnot-comparable
noun (English)
1. (now chiefly attributive) Clipping of automobile.Examples: "My brother is an auto mechanic. He can get me a discount on auto parts."; "In 1909, his grandfather was the first farmer in the county to buy an auto."; "“There were golden years for GM in China, but those are over, and they’ll never have a comeback story,” said Michael Dunne, an auto industry consultant who has been involved in Western automakers’ efforts in China since the 1990s, including GM’s entry into the market."abbreviationalt-ofattributiveclippingcountableuncountable
2. (uncountable) A setting for automatic operation.Examples: "Put it on auto."Synonyms: automaticAntonyms: manualuncountable
3. (automotive) An automatic gearbox/transmission.Examples: "A body-coloured centre pillar signalled the arrival of an electronic four-speed auto, slight suspension revisions and minor trim changes."countableuncountable
4. (automotive) A car with an automatic gearbox/transmission.Examples: "It wasn't too bad but we did hire an auto (couldn't imagine changing gears with my right hand)."countableuncountable
verb (English)
1. (intransitive, dated) To travel by automobile.Examples: "The food was excellent and well served, and it recalled the Norman cities he had autoed to."; "Christmas Day we decided to spend in snow, in order to feel more at home, and so we autoed up 5000 ft. to Peira Cava and reveled in the winter sports, autoing back to the roses and “summer time” at nightfall."datedintransitive
noun (English)
1. (India) An autorickshaw.Examples: "Users are often unable to note down the number of the taxi or the auto as the driver will just zoom past."India
Definition source: Wiktionary