driver
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Middle English
[edit] Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA: /ˈdɹaɪ.və(ɹ)/, SAMPA: /"draIv@(r\)/
- (US) enPR: drīʹvər, IPA: /ˈdɹaɪvɚ/, SAMPA: /"dr\aIv@`/
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Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -aɪvə(r)
[edit] Noun
driver (plural drivers)
- One who drives something, in any sense of the verb to drive.
- Something that drives something, in any sense of the verb to drive.
- A person who drives a motorized vehicle such as a car or a bus.
- A person who drives some other vehicle.
- (computing) a program that acts as an interface between an application and hardware, written specifically for the device it controls.
- (golf) A golf club used to drive the ball a great distance.
- (nautical) a kind of sail, smaller than a fore and aft spanker on a square-rigged ship, a driver is tied to the same spars.
[edit] Derived terms
Terms derived from driver
[edit] Translations
one who drives something
something that drives something
person who drives a motorized vehicle, such as a car or a bus
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person who drives some other vehicle
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program acting as interface between an application and hardware
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[edit] See also
[edit] French
[edit] Alternative forms
- (noun) driveur
[edit] Etymology
English
[edit] Pronunciation
- (noun) IPA: /draj.vœʁ/
[edit] Noun
driver m. (plural drivers)
- drive (golf club)
[edit] Verb
driver
[edit] Conjugation
Conjugation of driver (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | driver | avoir drivé | |||||
| gerund | en drivant | en ayant drivé | |||||
| present participle | drivant | ||||||
| past participle | drivé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | drive | drives | drive | drivons | drivez | drivent |
| imperfect | drivais | drivais | drivait | drivions | driviez | drivaient | |
| past historic1 | drivai | drivas | driva | drivâmes | drivâtes | drivèrent | |
| future | driverai | driveras | drivera | driverons | driverez | driveront | |
| conditional | driverais | driverais | driverait | driverions | driveriez | driveraient | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | drive | drives | drive | drivions | driviez | drivent |
| imperfect1 | drivasse | drivasses | drivât | drivassions | drivassiez | drivassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | drive | — | drivons | drivez | — | ||
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[edit] Anagrams
[edit] Italian
[edit] Etymology
English
[edit] Noun
driver m. and f. inv.
- driver (in a trotting race; tennis player good at driving)
driver m. inv.
- driver (golf club; computer module)
[edit] Swedish
[edit] Verb
driver
- present tense of driva.
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