drive

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/dɹaɪv/

verb 5noun 5

Collocations

(noun.) way a vehicle is moved

ADJ

all-wheel, four-wheel, front-wheel, rear-wheel

left-hand, right-hand

Cars with right-hand drive are standard in countries like Japan and Australia.

(noun.) path/road outside a house

ADJ

sweeping, winding | gravel/gravelled | tree-lined | private | front

DRIVE + VERB

sweep, swing

The curved drive swung around the side of the house toward the garage.

PREP

down the ~, in the ~, on the ~

The children were playing in the drive when it started to rain.

up the ~

The children cycled up the long drive towards their grandparents' house.

(noun.) energy/determination

ADJ

competitive | personal

narrative

The novel's strong narrative drive kept me turning pages until midnight.

VERB + DRIVE

have

lack

She lacked the drive to finish her university degree and eventually dropped out.

(noun.) desire/need

ADJ

innate, inner, instinctive/instinctual | creative | emotional, sex/sexual

(noun.) effort

ADJ

big | relentless | national, nationwide | cost-cutting, efficiency, export, fundraising, marketing, membership, modernization, recruitment, sales | anti-corruption, anti-drug, etc.

VERB + DRIVE

launch

The company launched a marketing drive to attract younger customers last spring.

PREP

~ against

The government launched a major drive against plastic waste in our cities.

~ by

The marketing drive by our company helped us reach many new customers last year.

~ for

The team's drive for victory motivated them to train harder every single day.

~ towards

The government launched a major drive towards reducing plastic waste in cities.

(noun.) computing

ADJ

CD-ROM, disk, DVD, floppy, hard, zip

Definitions

verb

To operate a vehicle:

The bridges weren't strong enough to drive (campers) over.

This SUV drives insanely smoothly—it's like it knows what I want before I do.

To operate a vehicle:

I drive to work every day.

To operate a vehicle:

My cousin drove me to the airport.

To operate a vehicle:

drive a 737

To operate a vehicle:

There is a litter ready; lay him in’t And drive towards Dover, friend, where thou shalt meet Both welcome and protection.

We drove back to the office with some concern on my part at the prospect of so large a case. Sunning himself on the board steps, I saw for the first time Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke. He was dressed out in broad gaiters and bright tweeds, like an English tourist, and his face might have belonged to Dagon, idol of the Philistines.

noun

Planned, usually long-lasting, effort to achieve something; ability coupled with ambition, determination, and motivation.

Crassus had wealth and wit, but Pompey had drive and Caesar as much again.

As we contemplate the half-finished arterial roads and electrification plans of our own age, and the town-planning schemes that gather dust in the public libraries, we can admire the drive and action of the railway pioneers.

Violent or rapid motion; a rushing onward or away; (especially) a forced or hurried dispatch of business.

The Murdstonian drive in business.

An act of driving (prompting) animals forward.

Are you all ready?’ he cried, and set off towards the dead ash where the drive would begin.

An act of driving (prompting) animals forward.

A sustained advance in the face of the enemy to take an objective.

Napoleon's drive on Moscow was as determined as it was disastrous.

On the other hand, in Eritrea (once our Forces had recaptured Kassala on January 19) the drive was generally eastward towards the capital, Asmara, and the Red Sea port of Massaua.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — the act of applying force to propel something

thrust

noun — a journey in a vehicle (usually an automobile)

ride

noun — hitting a golf ball off of a tee with a driver

driving

noun — a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward

noun — a wide scenic road planted with trees

parkway

noun — a road leading up to a private house

driveway

verb — move into a desired direction of discourse

verb — cause to move back by force or influence

verb — force into or from an action or state, either physically or

verb — travel or be transported in a vehicle

motor

verb — proceed along in a vehicle

take

verb — strive and make an effort to reach a goal

verb — have certain properties when driven

ride

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

drive out

To push or to pull, i.e. to force, (someone or something) out of somewhere.

In 1924 the Hashemite King Hussein was driven out of the Hedjaz by Ibn Saud, and a state of war sprang up between the new kingdoms of Saudi Arabia and Trans-Jordan.

drive the porcelain bus

Synonym of worship the porcelain god (“to vomit into a toilet bowl, especially while drunk or hungover”).

drive off

To force to leave or go away.

drive away

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see drive, away.

This car's a real bargain, and you could drive it away this afternoon!

drive someone up the wall

To make a person very angry or frustrated; to infuriate.

Her persistent nagging and constant bickering with me nearly drove me up the wall.

Example Bank

The bridges weren't strong enough to drive (campers) over.

Wiktionary

This SUV drives insanely smoothly—it's like it knows what I want before I do.

Wiktionary

I drive to work every day.

Wiktionary

Crassus had wealth and wit, but Pompey had drive and Caesar as much again.

Wiktionary

As we contemplate the half-finished arterial roads and electrification plans of our own age, and the town-planning schemes that gather dust in the public libraries, we can admire the drive and action

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I confess that the sight of my minute man ahead, getting closer and closer, gives me a little more drive even when I think I am going as fast as I can.

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, drive is marked as slang. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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