Vehicle ˈviːəkl Motor Police Driving Stolen Car Noun

• motor vehicles (= cars, buses, lorries, etc.)
• are you the driver of this vehicle?
• the police think that he was driving a stolen vehicle.
• rows of parked vehicles

vehicle

1. a thing that is used for transporting people or goods from one place to another, such as a car or lorry
• motor vehicles (= cars, buses, lorries, etc.)
• Are you the driver of this vehicle?
• The police think that he was driving a stolen vehicle.
• rows of parked vehicles

Extra Examples

• He was seen driving away and his vehicle registration number was given to the police.
• Hire a four-wheel-drive vehicle—there are lots of spots to discover off the beaten track.
• She was blinded by the lights from an oncoming vehicle.
• Sniffer dogs were brought in to follow the men after they abandoned the vehicle in a ditch.
• The bus crashed into a stationary vehicle.
• The city centre is off-limits to wheeled vehicles.
• The president's car was being followed by a convoy of vehicles.
• The thieves escaped in a stolen vehicle.
• The vehicle was impounded as part of the police investigation.
• Total vehicle sales increased 5% from last year.
• Two drivers escaped injury when their vehicles collided near Thirsk.
• Vehicle crime has dropped by 16%.
• a vehicle equipped with a GPS receiver
• car owners whose vehicles have been towed (away)
• deaths from motor vehicle accidents
• taxis and private-hire vehicles
• tighter controls on vehicle emissions
• vehicles running on biodiesel
• vehicles running on lead-free petrol
• Tanks and armoured vehicles were used against the rebels.
• The paths will separate cycles from motor vehicles.
• The photograph had been taken from the window of a moving vehicle.
• Thousands of thefts from vehicles are reported every day.
• We heard the sound of a vehicle approaching.
2. something that can be used to express your ideas or feelings, or as a way of achieving something
• Art may be used as a vehicle for propaganda.
• The play is an ideal vehicle for her talents.

Extra Examples

• The Students' Union is the main vehicle of communication for students in the college.
• The play is a perfect vehicle for her talents.
• Soccer acts as a vehicle of expression for deprived or disaffected youth.

Word Origin

• early 17th cent.: from French véhicule or Latin vehiculum, from vehere ‘carry’.