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Motivation to do or achieve something; ability coupled with ambition.
"Crassus had wealth and wit, but Pompey had drive and Caesar as much again."
Violent or rapid motion; a rushing onward or away; especially, a forced or hurried dispatch of business.
An act of driving animals forward, as to be captured, hunted etc.
A sustained advance in the face of the enemy to take a strategic objective.
"Napoleon's drive on Moscow was as determined as it was disastrous."
Synonyms
To provide an impetus for motion or other physical change, to move an object by means of the provision of force thereto.
"You drive nails into wood with a hammer."
To provide an impetus for a non-physical change, especially a change in one's state of mind.
"My wife's constant harping about the condition of the house threatens to drive me to distraction."
To displace either physically or non-physically, through the application of force.
To cause intrinsic motivation through the application or demonstration of force: to impel or urge onward thusly, to compel to move on, to coerce, intimidate or threaten.
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"Crassus had wealth and wit, but Pompey had drive and Caesar as much again."
Motivation to do or achieve something; ability coupled with ambition.…
"Napoleon's drive on Moscow was as determined as it was disastrous."
A sustained advance in the face of the enemy to take a strategic objective.…
"Some old model trains have clockwork drives."
A mechanism used to power or give motion to a vehicle or other machine or machin…
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