drive
- noun
- /draɪv/
- The community initiated a clothing drive to collect warm clothes for those in need during winter.
- a fundraising drive
- a blood drive
- a membership drive
Examples
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Ask faculty members to announce the membership drive during the first few classes of the semester.
Academic text (1990) -
Also, students interested in the medical field could create a local blood drive as an assignment for the class.
Academic text (2015) -
Public News Team is taking a break from its pledge drive to kick some ass.
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This car was supposed to be auctioned off at their charity drive tomorrow.
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After the Lumbees were acknowledged by North Carolina, they then launched their drive for federal recognition.
Academic text (1995) -
The Malaysian Chinese Association launched a fundraising drive with a Hong Kong celebrity soccer match.
Academic text (1993) -
Sheldon Jarvis was a retired mailman who had started a petition drive to bring Diana Ross to Lynn.
Fiction book (1996) -
It's been my pleasure to serve as chair of the drive to raise funds for the local school.
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This weekend, we are organizing a donation drive to help the families affected by the flood.
Synonyms
A planned set of public actions to win support
An organized activity by people to achieve a specific goal
A group of people who work together for a common goal
Strong energy and determination to make something happen
A strong campaign over time to bring social, political, or religious change
A group of people who work together to change laws or government policy
A trip moving a large group of cows, often on horseback, over long distances
A planned event to collect money for a cause
Antonyms
Idioms
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
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Etymology
Drive comes from Old English drīfan 'to chase or move', so a cattle or sheep 'drive' is the organised moving of animals by pushing or guiding them along.