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How to pronounce motor in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms centrifugal


motor nerves.
Type Words
Synonyms motive


motor energy.
Type Words
Synonyms drive
Type of move, transport, travel, carry, go, locomote
Verb group take, drive
Derivation motorist, motoring


They motored to London for the theater.
Type Words
Type of agent


happiness is the aim of all men and the motor of all action.
Type Words
Type of machine
Has types stepper, stepping motor, engine, electric motor
Derivation motorize

Examples of motor

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He was also given tickets for speeding and operating an uninsured motor vehicle.
From the dailyherald.com
They each face seven burglary charges and one count of theft of a motor vehicle.
From the stltoday.com
In 1961, Sharp, known as Issy, started with a single 125-room Toronto motor inn.
From the time.com
Extensor motor response is a reflex movement of straightening the arms and legs.
From the sciencedaily.com
The Atlanta-based shipper once developed a motor that could burn cheap corn oil.
From the businessweek.com
My first acquaintance with machines behaving badly occurred with motor vehicles.
From the post-gazette.com
It would be a surprise if your son's dirt bike has a smaller motor than a moped.
From the stltoday.com
Motor City Blight Busters founder John George last owned a new car 25 years ago.
From the freep.com
The two-door made its first public appearance at this week's Detroit motor show.
From the nzherald.co.nz
More examples
  • Machine that converts other forms of energy into mechanical energy and so imparts motion
  • Centrifugal: conveying information to the muscles from the CNS; "motor nerves"
  • Drive: travel or be transported in a vehicle; "We drove to the university every morning"; "They motored to London for the theater"
  • A nonspecific agent that imparts motion; "happiness is the aim of all men and the motor of all action"
  • Motive(a): causing or able to cause motion; "a motive force"; "motive power"; "motor energy"
  • MOTOR is an Australian motoring magazine published monthly by ACP Magazines. MOTOR is Australia's premiere performance car publication, with two major crowns for automotive manufacturers: 'Performance Car of The Year' and 'Bang For Your Bucks'.
  • The Motor (later, just Motor) (not to be confused with the American Hearst Corporation trade publication, or the Australian magazine of the same name) was a British weekly car magazine founded on 28 January 1903.
  • (The Motors) The Motors were a British pub rock/punk band, formed in London in 1977 by former Ducks Deluxe members Nick Garvey and Andy McMaster together with guitarist Rob Hendry (who was replaced in May 1977 by Bram Tchaikovsky) and drummer Ricky Slaughter. ...
  • A machine or device that converts any form of energy into mechanical energy, or imparts motion; A motor car, or automobile; a small internal combustion engine, especially a powerful one for the size (as in motorboat, motor car); an electric motor; to drive around leisurely in a motorised ...