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drive

drive

133 3.5
An organized effort to reach a goal or the movement of animals together
  • noun
  • /draɪv/
translation icon : campaña
  • 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

  • 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.

  • This car was supposed to be auctioned off at their charity drive tomorrow.

  • 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.

  • This weekend, we are organizing a donation drive to help the families affected by the flood.

Synonyms

campaign
vsdrive
2.7

A planned set of public actions to win support

also includes the separate sense of moving a group of animals
effort
vsdrive
1.3

An organized activity by people to achieve a specific goal

is broader, covering campaigns and also animal movement
movement
vsdrive
3.6

A group of people who work together for a common goal

focuses more on organized actions or on herding animals over distances
push
vsdrive
192 2.6

Strong energy and determination to make something happen

refers to an organized campaign or to the movement of animals
crusade
vsdrive
77 7.1

A strong campaign over time to bring social, political, or religious change

is a more general organized effort without required passion
19 3.2

A group of people who work together to change laws or government policy

is broader, applying beyond political goals and to animal movement
cattle drive
vsdrive
4 6.3

A trip moving a large group of cows, often on horseback, over long distances

can also mean an organized effort rather than animal movement
1 3.3

A planned event to collect money for a cause

is a general organized effort not limited to raising money

Antonyms

12 3.5

A period of time with no movement or action

7 3.8

A lack of order or system that makes things untidy

Idioms

158 3.2

Make someone very annoyed or upset

To cause people to argue or become divided on purpose

Leave a place happily at the end of a story or event

To find big holes in a law or plan and use them

To end something completely so it cannot continue

9.9

To drive in a very dangerous way that puts other people at risk

6.0

To make a car go very fast and in a dangerous way

Compounds

hard drive
  • Specialized
106 2.8

A device inside a computer that stores files and lets you open them

39 3.7

Place where people stay in their cars to eat or watch a movie

37 2.5

A car trip that takes a long time

sex drive
  • NSFW
25 4.2

A natural desire to have sex

23 2.5

A place, like a restaurant or bank, where you buy things without leaving your car

22 2.7

A short ride in a car to see how it feels and works

19 5.9

A gun attack from a moving car that hits people outside

16 7.9

A quick, friendly praise given to someone in passing

four-wheel drive
  • Specialized
16 3.4

A system that powers all four wheels for better grip on rough or slippery ground

12 4.2

A hard hit in baseball that flies straight and low

disk drive
  • Specialized
6 3.5

A device in a computer that holds and spins a disk to read or write data

4 6.3

A trip moving a large group of cows, often on horseback, over long distances

CD-ROM drive
  • Archaic
2 3.7

A device in or connected to a computer that reads data from CDs

A device you connect to a computer by cable to save files

tape drive
  • Specialized
1 5.2

A machine that reads and writes data on magnetic tape to save copies of files

internal drive
  • Specialized
1 4.2

A device inside a computer that stores files, like a hard drive or solid-state drive

1 2.7

A part of a computer or music player that reads CDs

1 2.8

A regular car trip to and from work each day

drive-by killing
  • Offensive
1 8.5

An act of shooting someone to death from a moving car

A planned event to collect money for a cause

1 7.4

A hard, straight hit into the outfield that lets the batter reach second base

1 6.6

A base hit made by hitting the ball hard so the batter reaches first base

drive line
  • Specialized
7.1

Parts that send power from the engine to the wheels that move the car

drive line system
  • Specialized
6.0

A vehicle system that sends engine power to the driving wheels

drive-by event
  • Neologism
4.6

A gathering where people stay in their cars and take part briefly

drive-by media
  • Literature
9.1

News outlets that give quick, shallow reports and often miss important facts

automatic drive
  • Specialized
3.2

A car system that changes gears by itself based on speed

automatic drive
  • Specialized
4.1

A mode in which a car moves, steers, and brakes using sensors and software

A hard straight shot hit with the racket across the body in tennis

fluid drive
  • Archaic
7.8

A device that uses fluid to connect an engine to the drive shaft smoothly

A hard straight shot hit from the side you hold the racket, used in tennis or badminton

5.3

A hard low hit in baseball that lets the batter reach third base

fusee drive
  • Archaic
9.9

A cone-shaped part in old clocks that keeps spring power steady as it unwinds

4.6

A car you rent and drive yourself

8.9

A car you rent and drive yourself for a short time

whist drive
  • Archaic
9.8

A social event where people play whist in rounds, often to raise money

7.5

A hard disk with a sealed case used in older computers to store data

How Intense

crusade
77 7.1
drive
133 3.5
campaign
2.7
to push
731 1.5
effort
1.0

Surface Forms

drive singular
drives plural

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.