drive
- {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun1 trip by carADJECTIVE▪ long▪ easy, short▪ eight-hour, sixty-mile, etc.▪ leisurely▪ scenic▪
It's one of the most scenic drives in Europe.
▪ testVERB + DRIVE▪ go for, take▪Let's go for a drive.
DRIVE + NOUN▪ time▪The spots will run during drive time radio.
▪the afternoon/morning drive time
▪a housing development within a 30-minute drive time from the airport
PREPOSITION▪ within a drive▪All my family live within an hour's drive.
PHRASES▪ a … drive away▪The lakes are only a short drive away.
2 way a vehicle is movedADJECTIVE▪ all-wheel (esp. AmE), four-wheel, front-wheel, rear-wheel▪ left-hand, right-hand▪Left-hand drive cars make driving in Britain difficult.
3 (esp. BrE) path/road outside a house ⇨ See also ↑drivewayADJECTIVE▪ winding▪ gravel▪ tree-lined▪ private▪ frontDRIVE + VERB▪ lead to, lead up to▪He pulled into a long drive leading up to a large villa.
DRIVE + NOUN▪ block▪A number of police cars blocked the drive.
PREPOSITION▪ down the drive, in the drive, on the drive▪There was a car parked on the drive.
▪ up the drive▪He walked up the front drive of the vicarage.
4 energy/determinationADJECTIVE▪ competitive▪ personal▪ narrative▪You need to inject more narrative drive into the story.
VERB + DRIVE▪ have▪ lack▪He lacks the competitive drive needed to succeed.
5 desire/needADJECTIVE▪ basic, innate, inner, instinctive (esp. BrE), instinctual (esp. AmE)▪ human▪ creative▪ emotional, sex, sexual6 effortADJECTIVE▪ big▪ relentless▪ national, nationwide▪ export, marketing, sales▪ cost-cutting, efficiency (both esp. BrE)▪ membership, organizing (AmE), petition (AmE), recruitment, voter-registration (esp. AmE)▪ fund (AmE), fund-raising, pledge (AmE)▪ blood, clothing, food (all AmE)▪We organized a food drive for the city's homeless shelters.
▪ anti-corruption, anti-drug, etc.VERB + DRIVE▪ launch, organize▪We're going to launch a big recruitment drive in the spring.
▪ spearhead▪The Popular Front spearheaded the drive for independence.
PREPOSITION▪ drive against▪a drive against corruption
▪ drive by▪the recent recruitment drive by the police
▪ drive for▪the country's drive for modernization
▪ drive towards/toward▪a drive towards/toward higher safety standards
7 computingADJECTIVE▪ CD-ROM, disk, DVD, flash, floppy, hard, optical, zip (esp. AmE)▪ external, removable▪ built-in, internalVERB + DRIVE▪ format, reformat▪ defrag (informal), defragment▪ install▪ install sth on, install sth ontoDRIVE + NOUN▪ bay8 in sportsADJECTIVE▪ powerful, strong, thunderous (BrE)▪ angled, crisp (both BrE)▪ scoring, touchdown (both AmE)▪ line (in baseball)▪He hit a line drive straight at me.
▪ left-foot, right-foot (in football/soccer)▪Cole scored with a thunderous left-foot drive.
▪ backhand, forehand (in tennis)▪a forehand drive down the line
VERB + DRIVE▪ hit▪ hook, slice (in golf){{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}}verbADVERB▪ fast, quickly▪You shouldn't drive so fast!
▪She drove quickly back to the office.
▪ slowly▪ carefully, safely▪ recklessly▪He was arrested for driving recklessly.
▪ around, away, back, off, on▪She got into the car and drove away.
▪ home▪I'll drive you home.
PREPOSITION▪ down, from, to▪We drove from Quebec to Ottawa.
PHRASES▪ drink and drive
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