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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
automotive
adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
industry
▪ Carello Lighting manufactures and sells lamps for the automotive industry, such as headlamps, rear lamps and indicators.
▪ The entire automotive industry really started declining in the second half of last year.
▪ Under the non-exclusive agreement, Ingenia will sell O2 to its clients in the defence, agro-chemical and automotive industries.
▪ At its Llanfyllin site, Grayman Tooling and Pressings manufactures sheet metal pressings and assemblies mainly for the automotive industry.
▪ Amongst other new orders Sekers has secured a significant contract to supply the automotive industry with fabric for car interiors.
▪ Carparts.com employs over 100 people with experience in technology, catalogue retailing, marketing and the automotive industry.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
automotive products
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ But this is by no means a tale of automotive Flat-Earthers.
▪ If a flotation is successful, the group will be left with automotive and aerospace interests.
▪ In early January, Detroit is truly the center of the automotive universe.
▪ So Fibres' polyester capacity is small today and aimed at niche markets, in such areas as automotive upholstery and trim.
▪ Under the non-exclusive agreement, Ingenia will sell O2 to its clients in the defence, agro-chemical and automotive industries.
▪ You can find it sometimes at Pep Boys or K-Mart in the automotive section.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
automotive

automotive \automotive\ adj.

  1. of or pertaining to the automobile. automotive supplies automotive engineering

  2. 1 containing within itself the means of propulsion or movement. an automotive vehicle

    Syn: self-propelled, self-propelling.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
automotive

1865, in reference to some sort of helicopter-like device, a hybrid from auto- "self," from Greek, + motive (adj.), from Latin. Meaning "pertaining to automobiles" is from 1898.

Wiktionary
automotive

a. 1 Having the ability to move by itself; self-propelled or self-propelling. 2 Of, or relating to motor vehicles.

WordNet
automotive
  1. adj. of or relating to motor vehicles; "automotive supplies"

  2. containing within itself the means of propulsion or movement; "a self-propelled vehicle" [syn: self-propelled, self-propelling]

Wikipedia
Automotive
  1. redirect Automotive industry

Usage examples of "automotive".

He has predicted that within a decade or so the astronautics industry will be larger than the automotive industry of the entire world.

He was hired to endorse a line of automotive products for a client of mine.

Topping, business partner of Leo Felix, the Rastafarian automotive dealer who ran Jah Cars, the previously-owned-car emporium down beside the canal.

Among the commercial establishments, many seemed travel-related: gas stations, car dealerships, tire sales, car washes, camper shells, and automotive repair.

Shw walked into the room, grimy with automotive oil and carrying a thick stack of snapshot folders.

The garage had also been made home to an ancient mower, automotive parts, and dilapidated metal lawn furniture.

Mercator Automotive Building was three blocks over and a short drive north.

Like his famous ancestor, Kenny never looked back, intrepid scout that he was, broaching the frontier of automotive tourism.

The familiar odor of automotive oil greeted her as she pushed open the connecting door to the garage.

But there was something in this automotive crush that reminded him of those frightened multitudes.

The heart rate increases, and sometimes it gets to a rate where its automotive function loses control and it starts to go all over the place.

An aura of mystery and of knowledge surrounded Ruby Archuleta, and so of course the average Milagro citizen both envied and resented her, both loved her and hated her guts, thought she must be a Communist, refused to have his automotive or plumbing needs catered to by anyone else .

The terrible and awesome death toll taken by our automotive transport is almost all attributable to reactive mind driving rather than learned response driving.

Hartmann saw magenta highlights struck like sparks off Tachyon's hair, and Carnifex in his comic-book outfit, and from doorways and behind the automotive corpses appeared men totally encased in black, trotting warily forward with stubby machine pistols held ready.

The trend of replacing metals with composites is already well established in the aerospace and automotive industries, and fiberglass is now being used instead of steel in reinforced concrete structures.