Drive /dɹaɪv/

The meaning and definition of Drive, with examples, synonyms, and a word game to make it stick.

Definition

noun

Motivation to do or achieve something; ability coupled with ambition.
“Crassus had wealth and wit, but Pompey had drive and Caesar as much again.”
Violent or rapid motion; a rushing onward or away; especially, a forced or hurried dispatch of business.

verb

To provide an impetus for motion or other physical change, to move an object by means of the provision of force thereto.
“You drive nails into wood with a hammer.”
To provide an impetus for a non-physical change, especially a change in one's state of mind.
“My wife's constant harping about the condition of the house threatens to drive me to distraction.”

Synonyms line drive disk drive approach driveway engine mechanism

Antonyms inertia laziness phlegm sloth

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Drive /dɹaɪv/

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