driving
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: drīʹvĭng, IPA(key): /ˈdɹaɪvɪŋ/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -aɪvɪŋ
Derived terms
- driving force
- driving notes
- driving power
- driving rain
- driving spirit
- driving wind
Translations
that drives
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forceful of rain
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Noun
driving (countable and uncountable, plural drivings)
- The action of the verb to drive in any sense.
- In particular, the action of operating a motor vehicle.
- 2013 June 22, “Snakes and ladders”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8841, page 76:
- Risk is everywhere. From tabloid headlines insisting that coffee causes cancer (yesterday, of course, it cured it) to stern government warnings about alcohol and driving, the world is teeming with goblins.
- In the European Union, driving on the right is practised everywhere except in the British Isles, Malta and Cyprus, where driving on the left is practised.
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Derived terms
- driving-box
- driving-gear
- driving iron, driving-iron
- driving licence
- driving mirror
- driving-putter
- driving school
- driving seat
- driving-stick
- driving test
- driving-wheel
- drunk driving
- in the driving seat
Translations
action of the verb to drive in any sense
action of operating a motor vehicle
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