to drive
- verb
- /draɪv/
- Entrepreneurial energy in America's tech sector drove the most visible reinvention of the economy.
- drive decisions
- drive change
- drive demand
What is the evidence that drives you to feel that way?
- What is the evidence that drives you to feel that way?
- The banks wilfully want to drive cash out of society.
- That's because there is an instinct that drives people to destroy.
- Is your cat constantly stomping around, driving you crazy?
- It's worth protecting and it drives other people to hate.
- I'm not saying that emotions drove us into Iraq.
- And it's made to drive EV adoption is what they said.
- I love my car, but there's one thing that just drives me nuts.
- Do we know the code that drives that development?
- Which again drives down the joy of having it.
- And I feel like that also drove me to want to become better.
Examples
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What are the factors that really drive these measurable successes?
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Harmful government subsidies are widely recognized as a major factor driving the generation of overcapacity.
Academic text (2017) -
So what are other ways to drive this toward products?
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That you have to be able to drive that belief.
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How do you stay hungry enough to drive forward as hard as you do?
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What is the evidence that drives you to feel that way?
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Quality and performance improvement initiatives are driving significant changes in the United States healthcare system.
Academic text (2013) -
What characteristics or circumstances drive the choice to use an e-book versus print?
Academic text (2015) -
Her passion for social justice drives her to work tirelessly for change.
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The need for clean energy drives many scientists to innovate new technologies.
Synonyms
To make someone do something by using power or pressure
To urge someone to do something or try harder
Cause someone to feel excited and ready to act
To strongly encourage someone to do something
Make someone want to do something
Ask someone firmly and repeatedly to do something
To influence someone's choices or actions toward a goal
To try to make someone do something
To encourage someone to take action or try harder
Persuade someone to do something
To make someone want to do something
To make people feel shocked and excited so they act
To gently encourage someone to try something new
To strongly encourage someone to do something
To persuade someone to do something by gentle talk and praise
To push someone a little to make them start doing something
To make someone feel they must do something, often because of pressure or need
To use influence to persuade someone to do something
Talk strongly to someone to try to persuade them
To make someone act because of a feeling or reason
Help a person or company reach success
To help a project make progress by leading and taking action
To push someone or something forward into a new situation
Antonyms
Idioms
Phrasal Verbs
- Informal
Try to suggest something without saying it clearly when speaking or writing
- Jargon
To remove wasted effort and slow processes from a company or system
Compounds
- US
A place, like a restaurant or bank, where you buy things without leaving your car
- Specialized
A system that powers all four wheels for better grip on rough or slippery ground
- Specialized
A device in a computer that holds and spins a disk to read or write data
- Specialized
A machine that reads and writes data on magnetic tape to save copies of files
- Specialized
A device inside a computer that stores files, like a hard drive or solid-state drive
- Jargon
A hard, straight hit into the outfield that lets the batter reach second base
- Jargon
A base hit made by hitting the ball hard so the batter reaches first base
- Literature
News outlets that give quick, shallow reports and often miss important facts
- Specialized
A mode in which a car moves, steers, and brakes using sensors and software
A hard straight shot hit from the side you hold the racket, used in tennis or badminton
- Archaic
A cone-shaped part in old clocks that keeps spring power steady as it unwinds
How Strongly
Surface Forms
Etymology
Drive comes from Old English drīfan 'to push', so to drive someone to act is to 'push' them strongly toward a choice or behaviour.