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drive

drive

99 3.5
An organized effort to reach a goal or the movement of animals together
  • noun
  • /draɪv/
: 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
191 2.6

Strong energy and determination to make something happen

refers to an organized campaign or to the movement of animals
crusade
vsdrive
94 7.1

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

is a more general organized effort without required passion
23 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
6 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

10 3.5

A period of time with no movement or action

6 3.8

A lack of order or system that makes things untidy

Idioms

46 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

1 6.0

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

To end something completely so it cannot continue

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

9.9

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

Compounds

hard drive
  • Specialized
146 2.8

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

48 2.5

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

47 3.7

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

44 2.5

A car trip that takes a long time

33 2.7

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

sex drive
  • NSFW
27 4.2

A natural desire to have sex

four-wheel drive
  • Specialized
21 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

11 5.9

A gun attack from a moving car that hits people outside

disk drive
  • Specialized
9 3.5

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

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

6 6.3

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

4 2.7

A part of a computer or music player that reads CDs

CD-ROM drive
  • Archaic
2 3.7

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

internal drive
  • Specialized
2 4.2

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

tape drive
  • Specialized
1 5.2

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

A planned event to collect money for a cause

drive line
  • Specialized
1 7.1

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

1 2.8

A regular car trip to and from work each day

drive-by media
  • Literature
1 9.1

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

1 7.4

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

automatic drive
  • Specialized
1 3.2

A car system that changes gears by itself based on speed

1 6.6

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

whist drive
  • Archaic
1 9.8

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

drive-by killing
  • Offensive
1 8.5

An act of shooting someone to death from a moving car

fluid drive
  • Archaic
1 7.8

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

1 7.5

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

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

automatic drive
  • Specialized
1 4.1

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

1 4.6

A car you rent and drive yourself

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

1 5.3

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

1 8.9

A car you rent and drive yourself for a short time

1 7.9

A quick, friendly praise given to someone in passing

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

fusee drive
  • Archaic
9.9

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

How Intense

crusade
94 7.1
drive
99 3.5
campaign
∞ 2.7
to push
∞ 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.