Machine Məˈʃiːn Human Making Replaced Labour Industries Organization

• machines have replaced human labour in many industries.
• to operate/run a machine
• how does this machine work?
• a washing/sewing machine

machine

1. a piece of equipment with moving parts that is designed to do a particular job. The power used to work a machine may be electricity, steam, gas, etc. or human power.
• see also voting machine
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/voting-machine
• Machines have replaced human labour in many industries.
• to operate/run a machine
• How does this machine work?
• a washing/sewing machine
• a machine for making plastic toys
• I left a message on her answering machine.
• The potatoes are planted by machine.
2. a particular machine, for example in the home, when you do not refer to it by its full name
• Just put those clothes in the machine (= the washing machine).
• The new machines (= computers) will be shipped next month.
3. a group of people that control an organization or part of an organization
• the president’s propaganda machine
• Hollywood’s slick public relations machine has produced a new improved model of a young movie star.
4. a person who acts automatically, without allowing their feelings to show or to affect their work
• see also mechanical
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/mechanical
• He was the perfect fighting machine with a total disregard for his own personal safety.
5. a person who is a small part of a large organization

Extra Examples

• I make my own dresses on my sewing machine.
• Is the machine working again?
• Just put those clothes in the machine.
• The crash victim is now on a life-support machine.
• The department ran like a well-oiled machine after the reorganization.
• The independent candidates did not have the support of a party machine.
• The machine is designed to fit under a counter.
• The machine runs on solar power.
• The potatoes are planted by machine.
• Tired of being a tiny cog in a vast machine, he handed in his resignation.
• We’ve had a new washing machine installed.
• What make of machine are they using?
• a machine for making coffee
• machine tools for making weapons
• Do you know how to operate this machine?
• It’s a machine for making plastic toys.
• Machines replaced human labour in many industries.
• The new machines will be shipped next month.
• a sewing/washing machine

Word Origin

• mid 16th cent. (originally denoting a structure): from French, via Latin from Doric Greek makhana (Greek mēkhanē, from mēkhos ‘contrivance’).