Word a Day
drive
What does drive mean?
drive (verb): to travel by operating a wheeled motorized vehicle.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use drive in a sentence?
- I drive to work every day. (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0)
How do you pronounce drive?
/dɹaɪv/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does drive come from?
From Middle English dryven, from Old English drīfan (“to drive, force, move”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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What does “drive” mean?
to examine or investigate something systematically
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to move from one place to another; to redistribute
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to take control of; to seize by force or stratagem
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to travel by operating a wheeled motorized vehicle
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