auto

1. abbreviationclippingnot comparableautomotiveClipping of automatic (of a gearbox/transmission).

   It's an auto sedan which we picked up from a wholesaler locally.

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   For the first eight years of the Tetris Championship Series, the eventual victor used a technique known as delayed auto shift, or "DAS."

   2023 December 1, Evelynn Kersting, “GAMES AND TIME”, in University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, archived from the original on 07 Jun 2025, page 250, archived from the original on 06 Jun 2025

plural autos

1. uncountableA setting for automatic operation.

   Put it on auto.

   Synonyms: automatic · Antonyms: manual

2. countableuncountableautomotiveAn automatic gearbox/transmission.

   A body-coloured centre pillar signalled the arrival of an electronic four-speed auto, slight suspension revisions and minor trim changes.

3. countableuncountableautomotiveA car with an automatic gearbox/transmission.

   It wasn't too bad but we did hire an auto (couldn't imagine changing gears with my right hand).

plural autos

1. abbreviationattributiveclippingcountableuncountableClipping of automobile.

   My brother is an auto mechanic. He can get me a discount on auto parts.

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   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.

   2024 December 17, Chris Isidore, “The retreat from the world’s largest auto market has begun”, in CNN Business, archived from the original on 14 Jan 2025

   “We spoke with the Big Three auto dealers. We are going to give a one-month exemption on any autos coming through USMCA,” President Donald Trump said in a statement read by White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt at a press briefing Wednesday. Those dealers included Stellantis, Ford and General Motors.

   2025 March 5, John Towfighi, “US stocks rally on Trump’s tariff exemption for autos”, in CNN Business, archived from the original on 01 Apr 2025

   Synonyms: automobile, car, motorcar, motor

present singular third person autos · participle present autoing · participle past autoed · past autoed

1. datedintransitiveTo travel by automobile.

   The food was excellent and well served, and it recalled the Norman cities he had autoed to.

   1907, Automotive Industries, volume 16, page 711

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   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.

   1924, The Smith Alumnae Quarterly, volumes 16-17, page 318

plural autos

1. IndiaAn autorickshaw.

   Users are often unable to note down the number of the taxi or the auto as the driver will just zoom past.

plural autos

1. A genre of dramatic literature.

1. An unincorporated community in West Virginia.