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driveto operate and control a vehicle

Part of speech: VERB

Definition: to operate and control a vehicle

Pronunciation (IPA): /draɪv/

Korean meaning: 운전하다

Korean pronunciation: 드**라**이브

Example Sentences

  • My grandmother learned to drive at 70 and now she's the fastest driver in town!
  • The loud music next door drives me up the wall.
  • He's so lazy that even his dreams drive themselves.

drive

VERB

//draɪv//

to operate and control a vehicle

drive concept
💡 Concept

She loves to drive along the coastal road every Sunday morning.

🎤Pronunciation

🇺🇸 US/draɪv/
🇬🇧 UK/draɪv/

🌳Etymology

Rootdrive

Origin

From Old English 'drifan' meaning 'to push or urge forward,' which is related to Proto-Germanic '*dribanan' and shares roots with Old Norse 'drífa.' The word has been used since medieval times and evolved to mean operating a vehicle in the modern era.

🎵Rhyme

alivearrivesurvivethrivestrive
alive
arrive
survive
thrive
strive

🔗Collocations

drive a car
drive someone crazy
go for a drive
drive away
hard drive
drive through

📝Examples

😄 Fun example

My grandmother learned to drive at 70 and now she's the fastest driver in town!

The loud music next door drives me up the wall.

😄 Fun example

He's so lazy that even his dreams drive themselves.

Her ambition to become a chef drives her to practice cooking every day.

📚Related Words

Synonyms

operatepilotsteermotivatepropel

Antonyms

stopparkdiscourage

Related

driverdrivingdrivendrivewayoverdrive

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