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auto

Learn how to correctly hyphenate "auto" with detailed syllable breakdown and pronunciation guide.

1 syllable
4 characters
English (US)
1syllable

auto

Hyphenation via the Knuth-Liang algorithm — result not verified against authoritative sources.

Because it is a word with a single syllable, auto is not hyphenated. The words that have a single syllable are called monosyllabic words.

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Definitions ofauto

1noun
  • An automobile.

    Example: "My brother is an auto mechanic."

  • A setting for automatic operation.

    Synonyms: automatic

    Example: "Put it on auto."

  • An automatic gearbox / transmission.

    Example: "A body coloured centre pillar signalled the arrival of an electronic four-speed auto, slight suspension revisions and minor trim changes."

  • A car with an automatic gearbox / transmission.

    Example: "It wasn't too bad but we did hire an auto (couldn't imagine changing gears with my right hand)."

1verb
  • To travel by automobile.
1adjective
  • Capable of operating without external control or intervention.

    Example: "The automatic clothes washer was a great labor-saving device."

  • Done out of habit or without conscious thought.

    Example: "Absent-minded doodling is a form of automatic art."

  • Necessary, inevitable, prescribed by logic, law, etc.

    Example: "Spitting at another player means an automatic red card."

  • (of a firearm such as a machine gun) Firing continuously as long as the trigger is pressed until ammunition is exhausted.

    Example: "Fully automatic weapons cannot be legally owned by private citizens in the US, except in very special circumstances, as by private security companies."

  • (of a handgun) An autoloader; a semi-automatic or self-loading pistol, as opposed to a revolver or other manually actuated handgun, which fires one shot per pull of the trigger; distinct from machine guns.

    Example: "The US Army adopted John Browning's M1911 pistol as its sidearm, chambered in .45 ACP (Automatic Colt Pistol)."

  • (of a local variable) Automatically added to and removed from the stack during the course of function calls.
  • (of a group) Having one or more finite-state automata

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