vehicle
part of speech
noun (vehicle, vehicles)
meaning for a pupil
1) A vehicle is something that carries people or things from place to place, like a car, bus, truck, train or bike. tree →
2) A vehicle can also be a way of getting an idea across, like a story used as a vehicle for a lesson. tree →
sense in the lessons
In maths: a thing counted (vehicles in a parking lot, on a ferry); wheels or seats counted per vehicle: wheels = vehicles × 4. Safety: look out for vehicles before crossing the road; emergency vehicles have sirens. In science: electric vehicles run on batteries. Phrases: motor vehicle, emergency vehicle, electric vehicle, no vehicles allowed.
examples
- There are 24 vehicles in the parking lot. tree →
- Each vehicle has 4 wheels. tree →
- A ferry can carry 12 vehicles on each trip. tree →
- 5 vehicles left the garage. tree →
- Fire engines and ambulances are emergency vehicles. tree →
- No vehicles are allowed in the park. tree →
- Watch for vehicles before you cross the road. tree →
- An electric vehicle runs on a battery. tree →
- The clumsy vehicle stopped at the gate of the town; all the places had been taken, for there were twelve passengers in the coach. tree →
note
Say «VEE-ih-kl»; the h is silent. Countable. Just the thing counted; «each vehicle has 4 wheels» is a rate, so wheels = vehicles × 4. Trap: cars and bikes are both vehicles but have different numbers of wheels.
In the corpora
- Self-driving vehicles are being tested, and their safety must be proven before they are used everywhere.
- A siren means an emergency vehicle, such as an ambulance, a fire engine or a police car, is coming.
- When you hear a siren near a road, stay on the pavement or sidewalk and wait until the vehicle has passed.
- Drivers pull over to let emergency vehicles through, so traffic at a crossing can change suddenly.
- The colour and type of a vehicle are useful details for the police.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «vehicle» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.