Collocations for drive - noun
1. car journey
ADJ.
long | easy, short | eight-hour, sixty-mile, etc. | leisurely | pleasant, scenic
It''s a pleasant drive to the coast.
It''s a pleasant drive to the coast.
test
VERB + DRIVE
go for, take
Let''s go for a drive.
Let''s go for a drive.
PREP.
within a ~
All my family live within an hour''s drive.
All my family live within an hour''s drive.
PHRASES
a … drive away
The lakes are only a short drive away.
The lakes are only a short drive away.
2. way a vehicle is moved
ADJ.
all-wheel, four-wheel, front-wheel, rear-wheel | left-hand, right-hand
Left-hand drive cars make driving in Britain difficult.
Left-hand drive cars make driving in Britain difficult.
3. path/road outside a house
ADJ.
sweeping, winding | gravel/gravelled | tree-lined | private | front
DRIVE + VERB
sweep, swing
A gravel drive swept between manicured lawns.
A gravel drive swept between manicured lawns.
PREP.
down the ~, in the ~, on the ~
There was a car parked on the drive.
There was a car parked on the drive.
up the ~
He walked up the front drive of the vicarage.
He walked up the front drive of the vicarage.
4. energy/determination
ADJ.
competitive | personal | narrative
A lack of narrative drive leaves the reader with piecemeal vignettes.
A lack of narrative drive leaves the reader with piecemeal vignettes.
VERB + DRIVE
have | lack
He lacks the competitive drive needed to succeed.
He lacks the competitive drive needed to succeed.
5. desire/need
ADJ.
innate, inner, instinctive/instinctual | creative | emotional, sex/sexual
6. effort
ADJ.
big | relentless | national, nationwide | cost-cutting, efficiency, export, fundraising, marketing, membership, modernization, recruitment, sales | anti-corruption, anti-drug, etc.
VERB + DRIVE
launch
We''re going to launch a big recruitment drive in the autumn.
We''re going to launch a big recruitment drive in the autumn.
PREP.
~ against
a drive against corruption
a drive against corruption
~ by
the recent recruitment drive by the police
the recent recruitment drive by the police
~ for
the country''s drive for modernization
the country''s drive for modernization
~ towards
a drive towards higher safety standards
a drive towards higher safety standards
7. computing
ADJ.
CD-ROM, disk, DVD, floppy, hard, zip
8. in sport
ADJ.
powerful, strong, thunderous | angled, crisp | left-foot, right-foot
(in football) Cole scored with a thunderous left-foot drive.
(in football) Cole scored with a thunderous left-foot drive.
backhand, forehand (in tennis)
a forehand drive down the line
a forehand drive down the line
VERB + DRIVE
hit | hook, slice
(in golf)
(in golf)