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UK  /draɪv / US  /draɪv /
drove | driven
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drive verb (USE VEHICLE)

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to move or travel on land in a motor vehicle,
especially as the person controlling the
Zistiť viac vehicle's movement:

Vyberte auto online. • I'm learning to drive.

Preveríme. Dovezieme. • "Are you going by train?" "No, I'm driving."
• She drives a red sports car.
• They're driving to Chicago on Tuesday.
• We saw their car outside the house and drove
on/past/away.
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• I drove my daughter to school.
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to take someone somewhere
 Phrasal Verbs
take I have to take my mother to the doctor
today.
 Idioms and phrases
go with I offered to go with him to the police
station.
come with Can you come to the hospital with
me?
accompany Children under 12 must be
accompanied by an adult.
drive My husband usually drives the kids to
school.
give someone a lift Can you give me a lift into
town?

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drive verb (FORCE)

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C1 [T ]

to force someone or something to go

somewhere or do something: BLOG

• They used dogs to drive the sheep into a Everything’s getting on top of
pen. me: talking about stress
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• By the end of the year, most of the occupying
troops had been driven from the city.
• In the end, it was his violent
[ + to infinitive ]

behaviour that drove her to leave home.

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C1 [T ]

to force someone or something into a

particular state, often an unpleasant one:

• In the course of history, love has driven men

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and women to strange extremes.
• Recent events have driven the stock market to
lows not seen in ten years.
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 drive someone mad, crazy, etc. B2 informal

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to make someone extremely annoyed:

• My mother-in-law has been staying with us

this past week and she's driving me crazy.

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 drive someone wild informal

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to make you very excited, especially

sexually:

• When he runs his fingers through my hair, it

drives me wild!

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drive verb (PROVIDE POWER)

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C2 [T ]

to provide the power to keep a machine

working, or to make something happen:

• The engine drives the wheels.

• Water drives the turbines that produce
electricity.
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[T]

If you drive a ball, especially in golf or

baseball, you hit it hard so that it travels a
long way:

• Slater drove the ball down the fairway.

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Idioms

be in the driving seat

drive your message/point home
drive someone to drink
drive a coach and horses through something
drive a hard bargain
drive a wedge between someone

Phrasal verbs

drive at something
drive off

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drive
noun

UK  /draɪv / US  /draɪv /

drive noun (ROAD)

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[C ]

used in the names of some roads, especially

roads containing houses:

• 12 Maple Drive
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[ C ] mainly UK

(also driveway)

a private area in
front of a house
or other building
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can drive and
park your car :

• I parked in/on
the drive.

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drive noun (PLANNED EFFORT)

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[C ]

a planned effort to achieve something:

• The latest promotional material is all part of a

recruitment drive.
• UK I'm meant to be on an economy drive at
the moment, so I'm trying not to spend too
much.

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drive noun (COMPUTING)

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B1 [C ]

a device for storing computer information:

• a hard drive
• a DVD drive
• a CD drive

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drive noun (VEHICLE)

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B1 [C ]

a journey by car:

• It's a long drive from Auckland to Wellington.

• Shall we go for a drive this afternoon?
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[U ]

the system used to power a vehicle:

• a car with left-hand/right-hand drive (= in

which the driver sits in the seat on the
left/right).
• a four-wheel drive vehicle

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drive noun (POWER)

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C1 [U ]

energy and determination to achieve things:

• We are looking for someone with drive and

ambition.
• [ + to infinitive ] He has the drive to succeed.
• Later on in life the sex drive tends to
diminish.
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[C ]

(in sport, especially golf or baseball) a

powerful hit that sends a ball a long way

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drive | AMERICAN DICTIONARY

drive
verb

US  /drɑɪv /
past tense drove US /droʊv / | past participle driven US

/ˈdrɪv·ən /

drive verb (USE VEHICLE)

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[ I/T ]

to travel in a motor vehicle, esp. as the

person who operates it:

• [T] We drove 40 miles to visit my aunt.

• [I] She drove through Pennsylvania to Ohio.
• [I]She never learned how to drive (= operate
a car).
• [T] I’ll drive you to the station (= take you there
in my car).

drive verb (FORCE)

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[T]

to force someone or something to go

somewhere or do something:

• He drove a nail into the wall.

• He was driven (= His actions were caused) by
greed.

drive verb (PROVIDE POWER)

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[T]

to provide the power to make a machine

operate:

• The water pump is driven by a windmill.

Idioms

drive a hard bargain

drive someone crazy

Phrasal verb

drive at something

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drive
noun

US  /drɑɪv /

drive noun (TRIP)

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[C ]

a trip in a motor vehicle:

• We have a 200-mile drive ahead of us.

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[C ]

A drive is also a road for cars and is

sometimes used as part of a name:

• Riverside Drive

drive noun (PLANNED EFFORT)

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[C ]

a planned, usually long-lasting, effort to

achieve something:

• The university sponsored a blood drive (=

effort to collect blood) for the Red Cross.

drive noun (FORCE)

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[ C/U ]

strong determination to do or achieve

something:

• Intelligence isn’t enough – you’ve got to

[U ]

have the drive to succeed.

(Definition of drive from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary ©

Cambridge University Press)

drive | BUSINESS ENGLISH

drive
verb [ T ]

UK  /draɪv / US 
drove | driven
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to cause or influence something:

• be driven by sth The country needs to shift

from export-led growth to growth driven by
domestic demand.
• This company is driven by customers and by
the markets in which we do our business.

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to cause something to progress, develop, or

grow stronger:

• The firm said it would drive sales by switching

into larger premises while closing smaller
stores.
• The company yesterday reported record iron
ore production for the year to June, driven by
a construction and manufacturing boom in
China.

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to force something to happen or someone to

do something:

• drive sb/sth into/out of/to sth Analysts say

these policies will drive the economy into
recession.
• The prospect of a consumer boom helped
drive the stock market to new peaks
yesterday.

 be in the driving seat UK (also be in the driver's

seat)
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to be in control of a situation:

• With employers fighting among themselves for

staff, IT workers are in the driving seat.
• He believes there will be consolidation in the
airline industry and wants his company to be
in the driver's seat of any merger.

 drive a hard bargain

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to expect a lot in exchange for what you pay

or agree to:

• The unions are driving a hard bargain on

pay.

Phrasal verbs

drive sth down

drive sb/sth out (of sth)
drive sth up

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drive
noun

UK  /draɪv / US 
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[C ]

an effort to achieve something:

• drive for sth The supermarket continues in its

relentless drive for expansion.
• drive to do sth They are expanding their
telephone banking service for small
businesses in a key part of their drive to cut
costs and boost efficiency.
• a recruitment/marketing/cost-cutting
drive

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[C ] • IT

a piece of equipment for reading and storing

computer information:

• a CD-ROM/DVD drive

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[U ]

energy and determination to achieve things:

• We're looking for someone with drive and

ambition to fill this important post.
• drive to do sth She has the drive to
succeed.

See also

disk drive
economy drive
flash drive
hard drive
sales drive
tape drive
test drive

(Definition of drive from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary ©

Cambridge University Press)

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