driving license
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- noun
- /ˈdraɪvɪŋ ˈlaɪsəns/
- Formal
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licencia de conducir
- The aunt even has a driving license and a car.
I would say me because in Switzerland we have a very good driving license process.
- I would say me because in Switzerland we have a very good driving license process.
- So Brendan's your voice of reason and he's he also you've got a driving licence.
- But the idiots they'd, they'd, when they first took him, one of them dropped his driving licence.
- There was there was that at that time I had no driving licence, no, no, no MOT, no fucking insurance.
- Now you imagine how you would feel if a Disc World driver with no insurance and no driving license hits one of your kids, right?
- So at the moment we managed to get the government to do a review into this and look into all the different things like the DBS passport, driving licences.
Examples
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You cannot rent a car without a valid driving license.
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You don't have a driving license.
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Its got my driving license in there.
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- You must have an international driving license.
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- And you need a driving license too.
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Can I see your driving license, sir?
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The officers invited him into the police van, where they checked his driving license and car registration.
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He has lost a job that requires him to have a driving license.
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After receiving a 45-day driving suspension, Obama was allowed to renew his driving license in May, following a court hearing in March.
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They can even secure official documents such as passports and driving licenses—all in your name.
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Synonyms
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An official card that lets a person drive a car
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly and transparently derived from combining 'driving' (the act of operating a vehicle) with 'license' (official permission): it denotes official permission to drive. This noun-noun composition follows a clear, cross-linguistically common pattern, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents can readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Driving license comes from the idea of a written license to do driving. When cars became common, people were given a paper to prove they had 'permission' to drive, so today the phrase means an official document that lets someone drive.