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daily drive

daily drive

1 2.8
A regular car trip to and from work each day
  • noun
translation icon : trayecto diario

Examples

  • The odd drive down a dirt road is probably not a concern; a daily drive on the same dirt road, though, is.

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  • Candidates who want the job badly may feel or act as if the commute is a non-issue, but the reality is that a long daily drive eventually takes its toll on anyone.

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  • Every morning, I enjoy my daily drive to the office, which takes about 30 minutes.

  • He finds the daily drive to work relaxing, especially when he listens to music.

  • The daily drive through the scenic countryside makes her commute enjoyable.

Synonyms

drive
vsdaily drive
372 1.0

A trip in a car, often for travel or pleasure

is focused on habitual car travel to work rather than leisure trips
commute
vsdaily drive
92 3.0

A regular journey between home and work, often over a long distance

is specifically about daily car travel to and from work
commuting
vsdaily drive
1 2.3

Regular travel between home and work or school

is mainly about everyday car journeys rather than general travel

How Long

long drive
37 2.5
daily drive
1 2.8
commute
92 3.0

Surface Forms

daily drive singular
daily drives plural

Morphology

daily + drive

The meaning 'a person's regular journey by car each day' is directly derivable from combining 'daily' (occurring each day) with 'drive' (a car journey). This adjective + noun composition is a common, cross-linguistic pattern and should be immediately comprehensible to a B1 learner who knows both constituent words.

Etymology

Daily drive comes from the simple image of a drive you do daily, a car trip you take the same way every day. That's why people use it to mean 'a person's regular journey by car to and from work'.