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drive

Definition for drive

noun as in journey by vehicle

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ride, run, tour, trip

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airing, commute, excursion, expedition, hitch, jaunt, joyride, lift, outing, pickup, ramble, spin, turn, whirl

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noun as in campaign for cause

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action, crusade, effort, initiative, push

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advance, appeal, enterprise, get-up-and-go, surge

noun as in person's will to achieve

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effort, initiative, momentum, push

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ambition, clout, energy, enterprise, get-up-and-go, goods, gumption, guts, impetus, impulse, motivation, motive, moxie, pep, pressure, punch, spunk, steam, stuff, vigor, vitality, zip

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fire in belly, impellent, right stuff, what it takes

verb as in move or urge on

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chase, encourage, force, herd, inspire, make, motivate, prompt, propel, push, rush, send, spur, stimulate

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actuate, animate, arouse, bulldoze, coerce, compel, constrain, dog, goad, goose, harass, hasten, hound, hurl, hurry, hustle, impel, induce, instigate, kick, nag, oblige, overburden, overwork, pound, press, pressure, prod, provoke, railroad, rouse, shepherd, shove, steamroll, worry

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act upon, egg on, lean on, put up to, ride herd on, spirit up, work on

verb as in moving, controlling a vehicle

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cruise, drag, fly, guide, operate, propel, push, ride, run, send, speed, spin, start, steer, transport, travel, turn

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actuate, advance, bicycle, bike, coast, cycle, dash, direct, handle, impel, manage, mobilize, motor, roll, tailgate, tool, wheel

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bear down, burn rubber, burn up the road, fire up, floor it, lean on it, make sparks fly, pour it on, step on it, step on the gas, vehiculate

verb as in hit with heavy blow

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beat, knock, plunge, run, shoot, strike, throw

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batter, butt, dash, dig, hammer, jackhammer, maul, pop, punch, ram, sink, smite, sock, stab, stick, thrust, thump, whack, wham

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Example Sentences

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This challenge has driven researchers to explore new ways of improving how minoxidil is delivered to the scalp.

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Military sources say paratroopers can be trained in a matter of days, rather than years, unlike pilots needed to drive a conventional aircraft.

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Oracle’s stock has climbed 373% over the past three years, driven by a significant increase in new business from the artificial-intelligence boom.

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China needs the U.S. to drive its export engine, the largest in the world, and keep its economy from spiraling into a slowdown that would stoke civil unrest.

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One is this frenetic, highly speculative activity by retail investors, driven by zero commissions, the growth of social media, and then turbocharged by Covid-19 when everyone suddenly had so much more time.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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