driving

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: drīʹvĭng, IPA^(key): /ˈdɹaɪvɪŋ/

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• Rhymes: -aɪvɪŋ

Verb

driving

1. present participle of drive

Adjective

driving (comparative more driving, superlative most driving)

1. That drives (a mechanism or process).
2. (of wind, rain, etc): That drives forcefully; strong; forceful; violent

Derived terms

• driving force
• driving notes
• driving power
• driving rain
• driving spirit
• driving wind

Translations

that drives

• Czech: hybný
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• Russian: дви́жущий (ru) (dvížuščij), приводно́й (ru) (privodnój)

forceful of rain

• Maori: pūroro, tā whakarere
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Noun

driving (countable and uncountable, plural drivings)

1. The action of the verb to drive in any sense.
2. In particular, the action of operating a motor vehicle.
   • 2013 June 22, “Snakes and ladders”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8841, page 76:

     Risk is everywhere. From tabloid headlines insisting that coffee causes cancer (yesterday, of course, it cured it) to stern government warnings about alcohol and driving, the world is teeming with goblins.

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

Derived terms

Terms derived from driving (noun)

• driving-box
• driving-gear
• driving iron, driving-iron
• driving licence
• driving mirror
• driving-putter
• driving school
• driving seat
• driving-stick
• driving test
• driving trailer
• driving van trailer
• driving-wheel
• drunk driving
• in the driving seat

Translations

action of the verb to drive in any sense

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 駕駛／驾驶 (zh) (jiàshǐ), 驾驶 (zh) (jiàshǐ), 開車／开车 (zh) (kāichē), 开车 (zh) (kāichē)

• Danish: kørsel c
• French: conduite (fr) f
• German: Fahren n, Lenkung (de) f
• Japanese: 運転 (ja) (うんてん, unten)
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• Korean: 운전 (ko) (unjeon)
• Russian: вожде́ние (ru) n (voždénije), езда́ (ru) f (jezdá), управле́ние (ru) n (upravlénije)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: вожња f

  Roman: vožnja (sh) f

action of operating a motor vehicle

• Arabic: سِيَاقَة f (siyāqa), قِيَادَة f (qiyāda)
• Bulgarian: шофиране n (šofirane)
• French: conduite (fr) f
• Polish: jazda (pl) f
• Portuguese: direção (pt) f, condução (pt) f
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• Russian: вожде́ние (ru) n (voždénije), езда́ (ru) f (jezdá)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: вожња f

  Roman: vožnja (sh) f

• Spanish: manejo (es) m, conducción (es) f