auto

/ˈɑtoʊ/ · noun

Meaning

An automobile.
A setting for automatic operation.
An automatic gearbox / transmission.
A car with an automatic gearbox / transmission.
To travel by automobile.
Capable of operating without external control or intervention.
Done out of habit or without conscious thought.
Necessary, inevitable, prescribed by logic, law, etc.
(of a firearm such as a machine gun) Firing continuously as long as the trigger is pressed until ammunition is exhausted.
(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.
(of a local variable) Automatically added to and removed from the stack during the course of function calls.
An autorickshaw.

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