vehicle
/ˈvi.ə.kəl/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.76 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A conveyance: a spacious device for carrying or transporting substances, objects, people or animals.
noun
A guided or aimed mobile object or apparatus, especially if intended or used as a weapon.
noun
A medium for expression of talent or views.
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "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."
- "kinetic kill vehicle"
- "In his submission to the UN, [Christof] Heyns points to the experience of drones. Unmanned aerial vehicles were intended initially only for surveillance, and their use for offensive purposes was prohibited, yet once strategists realised their perceived advantages as a means of carrying out targeted killings, all objections were swept out of the way."
- "supporting actors in a Steven Spielberg vehicle"
Etymology
Borrowed from French véhicule, from Latin vehiculum (“a carriage, conveyance”), from vehō, vehere (“to carry”).
Word Breakdown
- Root: *weǵʰ-
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈvi.ə.kəl/
- British English: /ˈviː.ɪ.kəl/
Subject
Wiktionary places this term in Medicine.