- having an engine; using the power of an engine
- The street is closed to motor vehicles.
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- (especially British English) connected with vehicles that have engines
- Europe's motor industry faces international competition.
- I like all forms of motor sports.
- a motor accident
- motor insurance
- motor fuel
- (specialist) connected with movement of the body that is produced by muscles; connected with the nerves that control movement
- uncoordinated motor activity
- Both motor and sensory functions are affected.
Word Originlate Middle English (denoting a person who imparts motion): from Latin, literally ‘mover’, based on movere ‘to move’. The current sense of the noun dates from the mid 19th cent.
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