Definitions for driving
ˈdraɪ vɪŋdriv·ing

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. drive, drivingnoun

   hitting a golf ball off of a tee with a driver

   "he sliced his drive out of bounds"

2. drivingadjective

   the act of controlling and steering the movement of a vehicle or animal

3. driving, impulsiveadjective

   having the power of driving or impelling

   "a driving personal ambition"; "the driving force was his innate enthusiasm"; "an impulsive force"

4. drivingadjective

   acting with vigor

   "responsibility turned the spoiled playboy into a driving young executive"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. drivingnoun

   The action of the verb to drive in any sense.

2. drivingnoun

   In particular, the action of operating a motor vehicle.

   In European Union, driving on the right is practiced everywhere except in the British Isles, Malta and Cyprus, where driving on the left is practised.

3. drivingadjective

   That drives (a mechanism or process).

4. drivingadjective

   That drives forcefully; strong; forceful; violent

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Driving

   of Drive

2. Drivingadjective

   having great force of impulse; as, a driving wind or storm

3. Drivingadjective

   communicating force; impelling; as, a driving shaft

4. Drivingnoun

   the act of forcing or urging something along; the act of pressing or moving on furiously

5. Drivingnoun

   tendency; drift

Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Driving

   Driving is the controlled operation and movement of a land vehicle, such as a car, truck or bus. Although direct operation of a bicycle and a mounted animal are commonly referred to as riding, such operators are legally considered drivers and are required to obey the rules of the road. Driving over a long distance is referred to as a road trip.

Editors Contribution(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. driving

   The act and process of to control, direct, manage and move a vehicle.

   Driving is a wonderful experience to be enjoyed.

   Submitted by MaryC on March 4, 2020  

Matched Categories

1. • Golf Stroke

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'driving' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2917

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'driving' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1380

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'driving' in Nouns Frequency: #2465

4. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'driving' in Adjectives Frequency: #874

How to pronounce driving?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say driving in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of driving in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of driving in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of driving in a Sentence

1. Ben Evansky:

   It’s the main engine driving the terror radicalization process. Any effort to combat Islamist terrorism needs to take the MB's global network into account.

2. Senior Officer Deon Joseph:

   My favorite rap groups were NWA and Public enemy, yes FTP (an Acronym for f*** the police) was playing on my tape deck when I'm driving my Nissan Sentra back in the day.

3. Mark Zandi:

   I think people will economize on their driving only so much, the hit will be to other forms of discretionary spending.

4. Fred Ruffy:

   Overall, call buying seems to be driving a lot of the order flow in both names as players in the options market take positions in anticipation of additional upside for shares in the days/weeks ahead.

5. Bill Yeomans:

   Obviously, it raises all kinds of questions. Somebody in the police department knew about this stop, and what it suggests is that whoever was driving the van, whoever was involved in the van trip was not forthcoming.

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