mechanicnoun
uk/məˈkæn.ɪk/us/məˈkæn.ɪk/mechanic noun (JOB)
A2 [ C ] someone whose job is repairing the engines of vehicles and other machines:
a car/garage/bike mechanic
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- Buying that second-hand car without having it checked by a mechanic first cost us dear.
- At that time she was just a humble mechanic.
- "Don't worry, your car will be ready tomorrow, " the mechanic assured him.
- I applied for a job as a mechanic in a local garage, but I was rejected .
- The mechanic pointed out the repair on the front of my car.
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Engineering - mechanical
- -engined
- artificer
- automatic
- automatically
- automative
- hydraulic
- idle
- internal combustion engine
- mechanical
- mechanically
- octane
- octane number
- outboard motor
- pedal
- strip
- tick
- torque
- tune
- vane
- wheelbase
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mechanic noun (STUDY)
mechanics [ U ]
the study of the effect of physical forces on objects and their movement
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Engineering - mechanical
- -engined
- artificer
- automatic
- automatically
- automative
- hydraulic
- idle
- internal combustion engine
- mechanical
- mechanically
- octane
- octane number
- outboard motor
- pedal
- strip
- tick
- torque
- tune
- vane
- wheelbase
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mechanic noun (WAY OF WORKING)
the mechanics [ plural ] informal
the way something works or happens:
He knows a lot about the mechanics of running a school.
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Ways of achieving things
- a means to an end idiom
- actively
- another
- avenue
- basis
- channel
- fair
- jump
- mean
- medium
- mixed media
- modality
- modus operandi
- one way or another idiom
- one-handed
- resort
- vein
- what's the drill for sth? idiom
- whereby
- workings
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