saved automatically as you work g    g zgfpf#;

§       ► auto-save verb [VN]

auto-sug'gestion noun [U] (psychology ^i>) a process that makes you believe sth or act in a particular way according to ideas that come from within yourself without you realizing it      )

auto-tel ic /.oitau'telik; NAmE ,o:tou-/ adj. (technical A iff) (of an activity or work of art "ŁA?S^i5c zlAiSr) having a purpose or meaning simply by the fact of actually existing, being done, or having been created A#^^

mm g^gra

auto troph /‘aitatrauf; NAmE -trouf/ noun (biology X) a living thing that is able to make its own food using simple chemical substances such as carbon dioxide g

#xt/ ()

— compare heterotroph ► auto troph ic /.aita'trofik; NAmE -'traifik/ adj.

auto-wind /'artauwaind; NAmE 'oitou-/ (also auto-wind­er /'o:tauwainda(r); NAmE ’artou-/) noun 1 [sing.] part of a camera which automatically winds the film forwards so that you can take the next picture (      ) g zfr#

2 [U] the ability of a camera to do this (

(g ) gzft^XAlii ►auto-wind verb [V] au tumn 0*w /'o:tam/ (especially BrE) (NAmE usually fall) noun [U, C]

the season of the year between summer and winter, when leaves change colour and the weather becomes colder $cA; A: in the autumn of 2004    2004

A o in earlyAate autumn W / Rfcfk 0 the autumn term (= for example at a school or college in Britain)

M o autumn colours/leaves fk.EE/ n f o It’s been a very mild autumn this year.  It fit Scfflo

au-tum-nal /o:‘tAmnal/ adj. [usually before noun] like or connected with autumn fk A (g ; A StI: autumnal

colours fkA#

aux il iary /oig'ziliari/ adj., noun

m adj. 1 (of workers X A) giving help or support to the main group of workers $]     EY771 ancillary :

auxiliary nurses/workers/services gfj M ±; M Mb X / 2 (technical A in) (of a piece of equipment fir) used if there is a problem with the main piece of equipment

noun (pi. -ies) 1 (also auxiliary ’verb) (grammar 1%'$;) a verb such as be, do and have used with main verbs to show tense, etc. and to form questions and negatives #j^jiS| 2 a worker who gives help or support to the main group of workers Uj X ; Sh A M ■:      nursing

auxiliaries igJJJilijAM

au xiliary language noun a language used by speakers of different languages to communicate gj iHHf: Esperanto was invented as an auxiliary language.

auxin /'oiksin/ noun [u] a hormone found in plants ( fit

tnxxt

AV /,ei 'vi:/ abbr. audio-visual avail /a'veil/ noun, verb

m noun IT5T771 to little/no a'vail (formal) with little or no success    A;     The doctors tried every­

thing to keep him alive but to no avail. EX X A Wit

of little/no a'vail (format) of little or no use      A $3 &L;   : Your ability to

argue is of little avail if the facts are wrong. MX ife li; in

m,   vmra

verb [VN] (formal or old-fashioned) to be helpful or useful tosb^SsBij; Wlnt; BUSS a vail yourself of sth

(formal) to make use of sth, especially an opportunity or offer #ij X (        ) : Guests are encouraged

to avail themselves of the full range of hotel facilities.

avail-able On /a'veilabl/ adj.

1 (of things AM) that you can get, buy or find fg; X fg M; Pf n fg: available resources/facilities o readily/freely/publicly/generally available nflMWJs / Xf? / it/kfk / iK i^#®]      0 Tickets

are available free of charge from the school WXfl Mo 0 When will the information be made available? foj M A rRM T I# 3\ ti R ? 0 Further information is available on request.   0 This was the only room avail-