drive

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To control and operate a vehicle such as a car.

   She learned to drive when she was eighteen.

2. 2
   noun

   A journey in a car or other vehicle.

   I took my family for a drive in my new car.

3. 3
   noun

   Strong energy and determination to succeed.

   Her drive and energy impressed all her coworkers.

4. 4
   noun

   A short private road leading up to a house.

   They parked the car in the drive.

Common collocations

• long drive Adjective + noun
• short drive Adjective + noun
• drive a car Verb + noun
• take a drive Verb + noun
• driving test Adjective + noun
• hard drive Adjective + noun
• test drive Adjective + noun
• launch a drive Verb + noun
• whist drive Noun + noun
• drive around Verb + adverb
• drive off Verb + adverb

From Middle English driven, from Old English drīfan (“to drive, force, move”), from Proto-West Germanic *drīban, from Proto-Germanic *drībaną (“to drive”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰreybʰ- (“to drive, push”). Cognates Cognate with Scots drive (“to drive”), Yola dhreeve, dhrive, dreeve, drieve, drive (“to drive”), North Frisian driiv, driiw, driwe (“to drive”), West Frisian driuwe (“to drive; to float”), Alemannic German triibe (“to drive”), Dutch drijven (“to drive, push”), German treiben (“to drive, push, propel”), Low German drieven (“to drive, drift, push”), Luxembourgish dreiwen (“to dri…

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