Drive
/dɹaɪv/
The meaning and definition of Drive, with examples, synonyms, and a word game to make it stick.
Definition
noun
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Motivation to do or achieve something; ability coupled with ambition.
“Crassus had wealth and wit, but Pompey had drive and Caesar as much again.”
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A sustained advance in the face of the enemy to take a strategic objective.
“Napoleon's drive on Moscow was as determined as it was disastrous.”
verb
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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.”
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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.”
Definitions from the Free Dictionary API
Antonyms
inertia laziness phlegm sloth
Origin
From Middle English driven, from Old English drifan.
Source: Etymological Wordnet (CC BY-SA 3.0)
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