drive
/draɪv/ nounDefinition
JOURNEY [C] › a journey in a car: The drive from Boston to New York took 4 hours.
GROUND [C] › the area of ground that you drive on to get from your house to the road: You can park on the drive.
COMPUTER [C] › a part of a computer that can read or store information: a DVD drive Save your work on the C: drive.
EFFORT [C] › when someone makes a great effort to achieve something: [+ to do sth] The government started a drive to improve standards in schools.
ENERGY [U] › energy and determination to achieve things: She has drive and ambition.
(Definition of drive noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary
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