drive

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noun

1 trip by car

ADJECTIVE

▪ long

▪ easy, short

▪ eight-hour, sixty-mile, etc.

▪ leisurely

▪ scenic

▪

It's one of the most scenic drives in Europe.

▪ test

VERB + 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 moved

ADJECTIVE

▪ 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 ↑driveway

ADJECTIVE

▪ winding

▪ gravel

▪ tree-lined

▪ private

▪ front

DRIVE + 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/determination

ADJECTIVE

▪ 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/need

ADJECTIVE

▪ basic, innate, inner, instinctive (esp. BrE), instinctual (esp. AmE)

▪ human

▪ creative

▪ emotional, sex, sexual

6 effort

ADJECTIVE

▪ 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 computing

ADJECTIVE

▪ CD-ROM, disk, DVD, flash, floppy, hard, optical, zip (esp. AmE)

▪ external, removable

▪ built-in, internal

VERB + DRIVE

▪ format, reformat

▪ defrag (informal), defragment

▪ install

▪ install sth on, install sth onto

DRIVE + NOUN

▪ bay

8 in sports

ADJECTIVE

▪ 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)

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verb

ADVERB

▪ 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