drivingnoun [ U ]
uk/ˈdraɪ.vɪŋ/us/ˈdraɪ.vɪŋ/the ability to drive a car, the activity of driving, or the way someone drives:
a driving lesson/school
She has to do a lot of driving in her job.
UK Ashley passed her driving test first time!
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On the road: driving & operating road vehicles
- aquaplaning
- back sth up
- boxed in
- bump start
- bus driver
- car seat
- carve
- corner
- dip
- driver
- foot
- hold the road idiom
- manoeuvring
- motor
- motorist
- mph
- pull away
- running costs
- scorch
- turning circle
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drivingadjective [ before noun ]
uk/ˈdraɪ.vɪŋ/us/ˈdraɪ.vɪŋ/strong and powerful and therefore causing things to happen:
Driving ambition is what most great leaders have in common.
She was always the driving force behind the plan.
driving rain/snow
rain or snow that is falling fast and being blown by the wind:
Driving snow brought more problems on the roads last night.
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Machines - general words
- 3-D printer
- automatic
- backhoe
- bot
- cash machine
- cement mixer
- cloud chamber
- compactor
- contraption
- cotton gin
- crank
- derrick
- gadget
- humidifier
- lift
- Mk
- rotor
- selector
- sensitive
- vending machine
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Having a powerful effect
Precipitation: rain
Precipitation: snow & ice