ute

«ute» in Mova's school dictionary: A small truck or car with an open back for carrying… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (a ute, utes; Australia and New Zealand, informal)

meaning for a pupil

1) (Australia, NZ) A small truck or car with an open back for carrying things; short for «utility vehicle». tree →

2) (US, informal) Sometimes short for a sport utility vehicle (SUV), but this is rare. tree →

sense in the lessons

Very common in Australia and New Zealand, especially on farms and for builders. In stories set there, a farmer drives his ute with a dog on the back. In maths problems, a ute may carry a load with a weight limit.

examples

• Dad threw the tools in the back of the ute. tree →
• The farmer's dog rode in the ute to the paddock. tree →
• We hired a ute to move the old sofa. tree →
• My uncle's ute is covered in red dust. tree →
• The ute can carry 1 tonne, so 4 crates of 300 kilograms are too much. tree →
• A shiny new ute was parked outside the pub. tree →

note

Say «yoot». Takes «a», not «an» (it starts with a «you» sound). Short for «utility». In the USA and UK the same vehicle is a «pickup» or «pick-up truck». Note: dogs riding loose in the back is unsafe and against the law in some places.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «ute» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.