engine

🇺🇸 /ˈendʒɪn/ 🇬🇧 /ˈendʒɪn/
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Tags TOP3000Oxford3000CEFR-A2
noun
A2

the part that makes a vehicle move by producing power

The car engine makes the wheels turn.

R

something that makes a process happen

Education is an engine for creating new ideas.

R

the vehicle that pulls a train

The train engine pulls all the cars behind it.

R

having a certain type or number of engines

A jet engine plane flies very fast.

translation

n. the part that makes a vehicle move by producing power; something that makes a process happen; the vehicle that pulls a train; having a certain type or number of engines

Word Forms

Plural engines