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engine
noun [C] /ˈen.dʒɪn/Definition
A2 a machine that uses the energy from liquid fuel or steam to produce movement: a jet engine a car engine My car's been having engine trouble recently.The engine and engine partsEngines and motorsEngines and motorsThe engine and engine parts › (also locomotive) the part of a railway train that pulls it alongTrains and parts of trains › something that provides power, often economic power, for other things: For much of the 19th century Britain was the workshop of the world and the engine of economic growth.Power to control
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Synonyms and related words:
- ascendancy noun
- chairmanship noun
- command noun (ORDER)
- contest noun (ATTEMPT)
- determination noun (DECISION)
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- dominion noun
- leadership noun
- lever noun (ADVANTAGE)
- manipulation noun (INFLUENCE)
- mastery noun (CONTROL)
- muscle noun (POWER)
- peer pressure noun
- power base noun
- spin control noun
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- the hand that rocks the cradle rules the world idiom
- the upper hand noun
- yoke noun (CONNECTION)
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