motorcade
/ˌməʊtə(ɹ)ˈkeɪd/
motorcade noun: a procession of cars carrying VIPs, especially political figures.
Noun
motorcade (plural motorcades)
- A procession of cars carrying VIPs, especially political figures.
- JFK was assassinated in a motorcade.
- The aide rides, along with the president's physician, in the “control car,” third in line in the motorcade.1994, Herbert L. Abrams, The President Has Been Shot: Confusion, Disability, and the 25th Amendment, Stanford University Press, →ISBN, page 126
Verb
motorcade (third-person singular simple present motorcades, present participle motorcading, simple past and past participle motorcaded)
- To travel in a motorcade.
- We then motorcaded to our hotel to change into formal wear[…]2020 June 23, John Bolton, The Room Where It Happened: A White House Memoir, New York, N.Y.: Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 147
Forms of motorcade
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | motorcades |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | motorcades |
| present participle | motorcading |
| past participle | motorcaded |
| past | motorcaded |
Origin of motorcade
Blend of motor + cavalcade.
Questions about motorcade
- What does motorcade mean?
- Motorcade means a procession of cars carrying VIPs, especially political figures.
- What part of speech is motorcade?
- Motorcade can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce motorcade?
- Motorcade is pronounced /ˌməʊtə(ɹ)ˈkeɪd/.
- What is the plural of motorcade?
- The plural of motorcade is motorcades.
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