vehicle
//ˈviː.ɪ.kəl//
Forms
- Plural
- vehicles
- present (v1)
- vehicle
- past (v2)
- vehicled
- past participle (v3)
- vehicled
- present participle
- vehicling
- 3rd person singular
- vehicles
Definitions
1.A conveyance: a spacious device for carrying or transporting substances, objects, people or animals.
- Both vehicle types will feed that data into artificial intelligence systems that, having been trained through so-called machine learning, will identify, characterize and evaluate external phenomena.
- But electric vehicles and the batteries that made them run became ensnared in corporate scandals, fraud, and monopolistic corruption that shook the confidence of the nation and inspired automotive upstarts.
- Floods in northern India, mostly in the small state of Uttarakhand, have wrought disaster on an enormous scale.[…]Rock-filled torrents smashed vehicles and homes, burying victims under rubble and sludge.
2.A guided or aimed mobile object or apparatus, especially if intended or used as a weapon.
3.A medium for expression of talent or views.
4.A liquid content (e.g., oil) which acts as a binding and drying agent in paint.
1.To transport in a vehicle, or as if in a vehicle.
2.To travel in a vehicle.
Frequency
Overall
Common· #1352
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Common
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Etymology
Borrowed from French véhicule
From Latin vehiculum (“a carriage, conveyance”)
From vehō, vehere (“to carry”).