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moteur — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • driving noun The activity of operating and steering a motor vehicle.
  • engine noun A machine that converts fuel or energy into motion or force, especially the part of a vehicle that powers it.
  • motive noun A reason that drives someone to act, especially in a suspicious or criminal context.
  • motor noun A machine that converts energy, such as electricity or fuel, into motion.

Senses

moteur is used for these senses in English:

  • driving That drives (a mechanism or process).
  • driving force The force that causes something to move or a physical process to occur.
  • motive Causing motion; having power to move, or tending to move
  • motor A machine or device that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy, or imparts motion.

driving — full definition

  1. noun The activity of operating and steering a motor vehicle.
  2. adj Powering or forcing something forward with great energy; intensely forceful, as of wind or rain.

engine — full definition

  1. noun A machine that converts fuel or energy into motion or force, especially the part of a vehicle that powers it.
  2. noun A software system built to handle one specific technical job, usually named after that job.
  3. noun A person, group, or force that drives or powers something forward.
  4. noun A locomotive; the self-powered unit that pulls a train.

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