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• let's go for a drive.
• a drive through the mountains
• it's a three-hour drive to london.
• the drive shaft

drive

1. a journey in a car or other vehicle
• Let's go for a drive.
• a drive through the mountains
• It's a three-hour drive to London.
2. the equipment in a vehicle that takes power from the engine to the wheels
• the drive shaft
• a car with four-wheel drive
• a left-/right-hand drive car (= a car where the driver and the controls are on the left/right)
3. a wide hard path or a private road that leads from the street to a house
• There were two cars parked in/on the drive.
4. an organized effort by a group of people to achieve something
• a recruitment/export/economy drive
• a drive for greater efficiency
• the government’s drive to reduce energy consumption
• the campaign for parliamentary reform
• an advertising campaign
• She finally won the legal battle for compensation.
• the endless battle between man and nature
• the struggle for independence
• the struggle between good and evil
• the battle/struggle between good and evil
• the drive for greater efficiency
• a drive to reduce energy consumption
• From today, we’re going on an economy drive(= we must spend less).
• the war against crime
• Workers won their fight to stop compulsory redundancies.
5. a strong desire or need in people
• a strong sexual drive
6. a strong desire to do things and achieve something; great energy
• He'll do very well—he has tremendous drive.
7. a long hard hit or kick
• She has a strong forehand drive (= in tennis).
• He scored with a brilliant 25-yard drive.
8. the part of a computer that reads and stores information on disks or tapes
• a 750GB hard drive
• a CD drive
9. a social occasion when a lot of people compete in a game such as whist or bingo
10. an act of chasing animals or the enemy and making them go into a smaller area, especially in order to kill or capture them
11. used in the names of roads
• 21 Island Heights Drive

Extra Examples

• A lack of narrative drive leaves the reader with piecemeal vignettes.
• A number of police cars blocked the drive.
• All my family live within an hour’s drive.
• Cole scored with a thunderous left-foot drive.
• He hit a line drive straight at me.
• He lacks the competitive drive needed to succeed.
• He pulled into a long drive leading up to a large villa.
• He walked up the front drive of the vicarage.
• It’s a pleasant drive to the coast.
• It’s one of the most scenic drives in Europe.
• Left-hand drive cars make driving in Britain difficult.
• Let’s go for a drive.
• The Popular Front spearheaded the drive for independence.
• The lakes are only a short drive away.
• The spots will run during drive time radio.
• There was a car parked on the drive.
• We organized a food drive for the city’s homeless shelters.
• We’re going to launch a big recruitment drive in the autumn.
• You need to inject more narrative drive into the story.
• a drive against corruption
• a drive towards higher safety standards
• a forehand drive down the line
• a housing development within a 30-minute drive time from the airport
• the country’s drive for modernization
• the recent recruitment drive by the police
• From today, we’re going on an economy drive.
• He offered to take me for a drive later in the day.
• He played a crucial role in the drive for greater efficiency.
• He was tired after the long drive home.
• He’ll do very well—he has tremendous drive.
• I took the car for a test drive.
• She is leading the recruitment drive.
• The beach is a 20-minute drive away.
• The government has launched a drive to reduce energy consumption.
• The treatment should not affect your sex drive or fertility.
• We have this insatiable drive to be successful in the markets we serve.
• We went for a drive along the coast.

Word Origin

• Old English drīfan ‘urge (a person or animal) to go forward’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch drijven and German treiben.