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driving

[ drahy-ving ]

adjective

  1. demanding a high or unreasonable rate of work from subordinates.
  2. vigorously active; energetic:

    a driving young executive.

  3. having force and violence:

    a driving storm.

  4. relaying or transmitting power.
  5. used while operating a vehicle:

    driving gloves.



driving

/ ˈɪɪŋ /

adjective

  1. having or moving with force and violence

    driving rain

  2. forceful or energetic
  3. relating to the controlling of a motor vehicle in motion

    driving test

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • iԲ· adverb
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of driving1

First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English; drive + -ing 2
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Senior Reform figures believe the primary driving motivation behind their surge was that most powerful of human emotions: betrayal.

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The suspect was driving at speeds higher than 115 mph, according to helicopter footage from KTLA.

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And, if so, why and who is driving it?

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Verstappen is driving after his partner Kelly Piquet gave birth to their first child, daughter Lily.

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He said the current party leadership needed to "change course" and suggested that these policies were "driving away our own voters, and letting Reform squeeze through."

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