vehicle
Syllables: ve·hi·cleUK/ˈviː.ɪ.kəl/
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British/ˈvɪjɪk(ə)l/
vehicle noun: a conveyance: a spacious device for carrying or transporting substances, objects, people or animals.
Noun
vehicle (plural vehicles)
- A conveyance: a spacious device for carrying or transporting substances, objects, people or animals.
- 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.2006, Edwin Black, chapter 1, in Internal Combustion
- 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.2013 June 29, “High and wet”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8842, archived from the original on 03 Apr 2021, page 28
- A guided or aimed mobile object or apparatus, especially if intended or used as a weapon.
- 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...2013 June 7, Ed Pilkington, “‘Killer robots’ should be banned in advance, UN told”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, archived from the original on 13 Aug 2025, page 6
- A medium for expression of talent or views.
- supporting actors in a Steven Spielberg vehicle
- A liquid content (e.g., oil) which acts as a binding and drying agent in paint.
- The main excipient (such as an oil or gel) that conveys the active ingredient of a drug.
- an ointment with a petrolatum vehicle
- An entity to achieve an end.
- mission service as a vehicle for development of better-rounded worldviews
- A mode or method of spiritual practice; a yana.
- An animal or (rarely) a plant on which a Hindu deity rides or sits.
Verb
vehicle (third-person singular simple present vehicles, present participle vehicling, simple past and past participle vehicled)
- To transport in a vehicle, or as if in a vehicle.
- To travel in a vehicle.
vehicle meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
vehicle in Hindi
- conveyance
- वाहन vāhan, गाड़ी gāṛī
- medium
- साधन sādhan
- Hinduism: animal or plant on which a Hindu deity sits
- वाहन vāhan
vehicle in Tamil
- conveyance
- வண்டி vaṇṭi, வாகனம் vākaṉam
vehicle in Marathi
- conveyance
- गाडी gāḍī, वाहन vāhan
- Hinduism: animal or plant on which a Hindu deity sits
- वाहन vāhan
vehicle in Urdu
- conveyance
- سَواری savārī, گاڑی gāṛī
- medium
- سَواری savārī, وَسِیلَہ vasīla
More languagesFewer languages
- vehicle in Bengali
- বাহন bahon
- vehicle in Telugu
- వాహనము vāhanamu
- vehicle in Malayalam
- വാഹനം vāhanaṁ, വണ്ടി vaṇṭi
- vehicle in Kannada
- ವಾಹನ vāhana
- vehicle in Punjabi
- ਵਾਹਨ
- vehicle in Gujarati
- વાહન
- vehicle in Odia
- ଯାନ
- vehicle in Sanskrit
- वाहन vāhana, यान yāna
- vehicle in Sinhala
- ගැළ gæḷa
- vehicle in Nepali
- सवारी साधन, वाहन
- vehicle in Pashto
- ګاډی gāḍay
- vehicle in Arabic
- وَاسِطَة wāsiṭa, وَسِيلَة wasīla, عَرَبَة ʕaraba, مَرْكَبَة markaba
- vehicle in Malay
- kenderaan, wahana
- vehicle in Indonesian
- kendaraan
- vehicle in Thai
- รถ rót, ยานพาหนะ yaan-paa-hà-ná, พาหนะ paa-hà-ná
- vehicle in Vietnamese
- xe cộ, xe
- vehicle in Myanmar
- ယာဉ် yany
Examples of vehicle in a sentence
- A remote operator may control the vehicle with a wireless handset.
- Three civilians were apprehended by the soldiers and taken away in a military vehicle.
- (obligation): The renter shall be responsible for maintenance of the vehicle.
Synonyms of vehicle
Forms of vehicle
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | vehicles |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | vehicles |
| present participle | vehicling |
| past participle | vehicled |
| past | vehicled |
Origin of vehicle
Borrowed from French véhicule, from Latin vehiculum (“a carriage, conveyance”), from vehō, vehere (“to carry”).
Words formed from vehicle
- air-cushion vehicle
- air cushion vehicle
- air vehicle
- alien reproduction vehicle
- all-terrain vehicle
- antivehicle
- armored combat vehicle
- armored fighting vehicle
- armoured combat vehicle
- armoured fighting vehicle
- ascent vehicle
- Asian utility vehicle
- autonomous vehicle
- basic utility vehicle
- battery electric vehicle
- chase vehicle
- custom vehicle
- deep-submergence vehicle
- descent vehicle
- Earth return vehicle
- electric vehicle
- emergency vehicle
- emotional support vehicle
- e-vehicle
- fuel cell vehicle
- gross vehicle weight rating
- ground-effect vehicle
- ground vehicle
- heavy-duty vehicle
- heavy goods vehicle
- heavy vehicle
- high-occupancy vehicle
- high occupancy vehicle
- hostile vehicle
- human-occupied vehicle
- hybrid electric vehicle
- hybrid vehicle
- hydrogen vehicle
- hypersonic glide vehicle
- infantry fighting vehicle
- intervehicle
- in-vehicle
- kinetic kill vehicle
- landing vehicle tracked
- large goods vehicle
- launch vehicle
- light-duty vehicle
- light vehicle
- motor vehicle
- multivehicle
- nanovehicle
- neighborhood electric vehicle
- neighbourhood electric vehicle
- new energy vehicle
- optionally piloted vehicle
- peak vehicle requirement
- pilot vehicle
- public utility vehicle
- rail vehicle
- railway vehicle
Phrases with vehicle
- star vehicle
- Great Vehicle
- reply vehicle
- space vehicle
- stock vehicle
- tribrid vehicle
- utility vehicle
- vehicle station
- recovery vehicle
- vehicle stations
- road-rail vehicle
- take-home vehicle
20 more phrasesFewer phrases
- vehicle crossover
- new-energy vehicle
- vehicle crossovers
- vehicle inspection
- vehicle inspections
- recreational vehicle
- utility task vehicle
- sport utility vehicle
- sport-utility vehicle
- zero-emission vehicle
- special-purpose vehicle
- peak vehicle requirements
- Automated Transfer Vehicle
- high-occupancy vehicle lane
- suborbital reusable vehicle
- gross vehicle weight ratings
- high-occupancy vehicle lanes
- vehicle identification number
- vehicle identification numbers
- transportation network vehicle service
Questions about vehicle
- What does vehicle mean?
- Vehicle means a conveyance: a spacious device for carrying or transporting substances, objects, people or animals.
- What is vehicle in Hindi?
- Vehicle in Hindi is वाहन (vāhan), गाड़ी (gāṛī), साधन (sādhan). See Vehicle meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is vehicle?
- Vehicle can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce vehicle?
- Vehicle is pronounced /ˈviː.ɪ.kəl/ (UK).
- What is the plural of vehicle?
- The plural of vehicle is vehicles.
Words near vehicle in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: vehicle (page history and authors); vehicle (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); vehicle (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); vehicle (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ගැළ (Sinhala) (page history and authors); vehicle (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ګاډی (Pashto) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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