automotive

[ aw-tuh-moh-tiv, aw-tuh-moh-tiv ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

pertaining to the design, operation, manufacture, or sale of automobiles:
automotive parts.
propelled by a self-contained motor, engine, or the like.

Informal. an industry, store department, etc., specializing in appliances and parts for cars, trucks, and other motorized vehicles:
You may find what you're looking for in automotive.

automotive

/ ˌɔːtəˈməʊtɪv /

First recorded in 1860–65; auto- ¹ + motive

Hastings Automotive Hastings Automotive Inc. (known as Hastings Ford) and Hastings Chrysler Center are Minnesota car dealerships.

Autocam Corporation Autocam Automotive makes parts for transportation while Autocam Medical makes medical equipment.

It was, the Justice Department noted, “the largest penalty of its kind ever imposed on an automotive company.”

"We have a lot of strong fundamentals to support continued improving automotive sales," said GM senior economist Sue Yingzi Su.

Automotive sales have been riding a wave of rising consumer confidence in recent months.

Likewise, automotive engineers are men who have specialized through long years in this branch.

Tier on tier of upper and lower boulevards revealed themselves, all crowded with automotive and pedestrian activity.

The change in rural life due to automotive vehicles can hardly be exaggerated.

Inventor of the four-stroke engine applied in the automotive industry.

They furnished automotive road sprinklers and oilers, as well as trucks with special dump bodies for highway work.

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