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# vehicle

noun (vehicle, vehicles)

«vehicle» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A vehicle is something that carries people or things from place to place, like a car, bus, truck, train or bike. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vehicle/#m1)
2. A vehicle can also be a way of getting an idea across, like a story used as a vehicle for a lesson. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vehicle/#m2)

### In the lessons

In maths: a thing counted (vehicles in a parking lot, on a ferry); wheels or seats counted per vehicle: wheels = vehicles × 4. Safety: look out for vehicles before crossing the road; emergency vehicles have sirens. In science: electric vehicles run on batteries. Phrases: motor vehicle, emergency vehicle, electric vehicle, no vehicles allowed.

### Examples

- There are 24 vehicles in the parking lot. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vehicle/#x1)
- Each vehicle has 4 wheels. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vehicle/#x2)
- A ferry can carry 12 vehicles on each trip. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vehicle/#x3)
- 5 vehicles left the garage. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vehicle/#x4)
- Fire engines and ambulances are emergency vehicles. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vehicle/#x5)
- No vehicles are allowed in the park. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vehicle/#x6)
- Watch for vehicles before you cross the road. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vehicle/#x7)
- An electric vehicle runs on a battery. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vehicle/#x8)
- The clumsy vehicle stopped at the gate of the town; all the places had been taken, for there were twelve passengers in the coach. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vehicle/#x9)

### Note

Say «VEE-ih-kl»; the h is silent. Countable. Just the thing counted; «each vehicle has 4 wheels» is a rate, so wheels = vehicles × 4. Trap: cars and bikes are both vehicles but have different numbers of wheels.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «vehicle» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vehicle/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«vehicle» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/vehicle.html) on Mova free.