machine

A1 Topic:Tools, Machines & Construction

US /məˈʃiːn/ See IPA manual

Freq #985

Meanings

1

noun
A device with moving parts that uses power to do a particular job.

She put the dirty clothes into the washing machine.
2

noun
An organization that works in a very efficient, well-controlled way.

The party's campaign machine swung into action before the election.
3

noun
A person who does something with relentless, machine-like efficiency.

On the field, the striker was a goal-scoring machine.

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2 noun · an organization that works... political machine

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Forms machinedmachinesmachining

Derived forms antimachinebiomachineepsilon-machinefemtomachinefuckmachineinfomachineintermachinemachinabilitymachinablemachinate machinationmachine-gunner

Related forms tool

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *megʰ-der.? Doric Greek μηχᾰνή (mēkhănḗ) Doric Greek μᾱχᾰνᾱ́ (mākhănā́)bor. Latin māchinabor. Middle French machinebor. English machine Borrowed from Middle French machine, from Latin māchina (“a machine, engine, contrivance, device, stratagem, trick”), from Doric Greek μᾱχᾰνᾱ́ (mākhănā́), cognate with Attic Greek μηχᾰνή (mēkhănḗ, “a machine, engine, contrivance, device”), from which comes mechanical. Displaced native Old English searu.

māchina Latin μᾱχᾰνᾱ́ grc-dor

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# machine

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A1
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /məˈʃiːn/
**Frequency rank:** 985

## Meanings
1. A device with moving parts that uses power to do a particular job.
2. An organization that works in a very efficient, well-controlled way.
3. A person who does something with relentless, machine-like efficiency.

## Examples
- She put the dirty clothes into the washing machine.
- The party's campaign machine swung into action before the election.
- On the field, the striker was a goal-scoring machine.

## Synonyms
- engine

## Derived Forms
- antimachine
- biomachine
- epsilon-machine
- femtomachine
- fuckmachine
- infomachine
- intermachine
- machinability
- machinable
- machinate
- machination
- machine-gunner

## Related Forms
- tool

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: māchina
- Root: μᾱχᾰνᾱ́

## Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *megʰ-der.? Doric Greek μηχᾰνή (mēkhănḗ) Doric Greek μᾱχᾰνᾱ́ (mākhănā́)bor. Latin māchinabor. Middle French machinebor. English machine Borrowed from Middle French machine, from Latin māchina (“a machine, engine, contrivance, device, stratagem, trick”), from Doric Greek μᾱχᾰνᾱ́ (mākhănā́), cognate with Attic Greek μηχᾰνή (mēkhănḗ, “a machine, engine, contrivance, device”), from which comes mechanical. Displaced native Old English searu.

## AI Etymology
Machine was borrowed from Middle French machine, from Latin māchina (“a machine, engine, contrivance, device, stratagem, trick”), from Doric Greek μᾱχᾰνᾱ́ (mākhănā́), cognate with Attic Greek μηχᾰνή (mēkhănḗ, “a machine, engine, contrivance, device”), from which comes mechanical. Displaced native Old English searu. In present-day English its meanings include a device with moving parts that uses power to do a particular job, an organization that works in a very efficient, well-controlled way, and a person who does something with relentless, machine-like efficiency. The historical chain runs through māchina (Latin) and μᾱχᾰνᾱ́ (grc-dor). Related and derived forms include tool, antimachine, biomachine, and epsilon-machine.

## Topics
- Tools, Machines & Construction

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