Uber.
A car ride requested using the mobile application Uber.
Meaning & usage
A car ride requested using the mobile application Uber.
The vehicle used for the ride.
One's passenger or driver on Uber.
Where this word comes from
The company's name is from uber, from German über (“above, over”), as in “above all the rest (of the competition),” a principle the founders wanted to build upon.
To travel by means of a mobile app-based ridesharing service, particularly but not necessarily Uber.
Should we take the train or should we just Uber?
To work or be employed as a driver for Uber.
Where this word comes from
The company's name is from uber, from German über (“above, over”), as in “above all the rest (of the competition),” a principle the founders wanted to build upon.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.