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Collocations for drive - noun

1. trip by car

ADJECTIVE

long
easy, short
eight-hour, sixty-mile, etc.
leisurely
scenic
It's one of the most scenic drives in Europe.
test

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VERB + drive

go for, take
Let's go for a drive.

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drive + NOUN

time
The spots will run during drive time radio.
the afternoon/morning drive time
a housing development within a 30-minute drive time from the airport

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PREPOSITION

within a drive
All my family live within an hour's drive.

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PHRASES

a … drive away
The lakes are only a short drive away.

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2. way a vehicle is moved

ADJECTIVE

all-wheel (esp. AmE), four-wheel, front-wheel, rear-wheel
left-hand, right-hand
Left-hand drive cars make driving in Britain difficult.

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3. (esp. BrE) path/road outside a house

→ See also driveway

ADJECTIVE

winding
gravel
tree-lined
private
front

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drive + VERB

lead to, lead up to
He pulled into a long drive leading up to a large villa.

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drive + NOUN

block
A number of police cars blocked the drive.

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PREPOSITION

down the drive, in the drive, on the drive
There was a car parked on the drive.
up the drive
He walked up the front drive of the vicarage.

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4. energy/determination

ADJECTIVE

competitive
personal
narrative
You need to inject more narrative drive into the story.

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VERB + drive

have
lack
He lacks the competitive drive needed to succeed.

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5. desire/need

ADJECTIVE

basic, innate, inner, instinctive (esp. BrE), instinctual (esp. AmE)
human
creative
emotional, sex, sexual

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6. effort

ADJECTIVE

big
relentless
national, nationwide
export, marketing, sales
cost-cutting, efficiency (both esp. BrE)
membership, organizing (AmE), petition (AmE), recruitment, voter-registration (esp. AmE)
fund (AmE), fund-raising, pledge (AmE)
blood, clothing, food (all AmE)
We organized a food drive for the city's homeless shelters.
anti-corruption, anti-drug, etc.

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VERB + drive

launch, organize
We're going to launch a big recruitment drive in the spring.
spearhead
The Popular Front spearheaded the drive for independence.

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PREPOSITION

drive against
a drive against corruption
drive by
the recent recruitment drive by the police
drive for
the country's drive for modernization
drive towards/toward
a drive towards/toward higher safety standards

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7. computing

ADJECTIVE

CD-ROM, disk, DVD, flash, floppy, hard, optical, zip (esp. AmE)
external, removable
built-in, internal

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VERB + drive

format, reformat
defrag (informal), defragment
install
install sth on, install sth onto

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drive + NOUN

bay

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8. in sports

ADJECTIVE

powerful, strong, thunderous (BrE)
angled, crisp (both BrE)
scoring, touchdown (both AmE)
line (in baseball)
He hit a line drive straight at me.
left-foot, right-foot (in football/soccer)
Cole scored with a thunderous left-foot drive.
backhand, forehand (in tennis)
a forehand drive down the line

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VERB + drive

hit
hook, slice (in golf)

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Collocations for drive - verb

ADVERB

fast, quickly
You shouldn't drive so fast!
She drove quickly back to the office.
slowly
carefully, safely
recklessly
He was arrested for driving recklessly.
around, away, back, off, on
She got into the car and drove away.
home
I'll drive you home.

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PREPOSITION

down, from, to
We drove from Quebec to Ottawa.

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PHRASES

drink and drive

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