driving1 noundriving2 adjective
drivingdriv‧ing1 /ˈdraɪvɪŋ/ noun [uncountable] 
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Driving in central London is pretty unpleasant.
- I got driving lessons for my 18th birthday.
- She was arrested for dangerous driving.
- The man was stopped by police for an alleged driving offence.
- A man has been charged with causing death by reckless driving.
- Hazlett was also charged with reckless driving causing grievous bodily harm to two people.
- It took him half an hour's fast driving up the autobahn to reach the disaster point.
- Last year three and a half thousand people were prosecuted for drink driving in the Thames Valley area.
Longman Language Activatorto drive a car, train, or other vehicle
to drive a car, bus, train etc: · Drive carefully - the roads are very icy.· They drive on the left in the UK.learn to drive: · I'm learning to drive. In fact, I take my test next week.drive a car/bus/truck etc: · We need someone to drive the school bus.· "What car do you drive?" "A Fiat Brava."· Driving a Rolls Royce into a swimming pool was one of the most dangerous stunts Crawford had to perform.
the activity of driving a car or other road vehicle: · Driving in central London is pretty unpleasant.dangerous/reckless/bad/careless driving: · She was arrested for dangerous driving.driving lesson: · I got driving lessons for my 18th birthday.driving offence: · The man was stopped by police for an alleged driving offence.
to drive a vehicle with two wheels, for example a bicycle or motorcycle: · I ride a bicycle to work every day.· Riding a motorcycle is safer than riding a scooter.· After you've been riding a bike all day, you're really glad to reach your campsite.
to control the direction that a vehicle is going in by turning the wheel: · Even the children had a go at steering the boat.· Steer slightly to the right as you enter the bend.steering wheel (=the part of a car that you turn to change direction): · You can adjust the height of the steering wheel.
to be the person who is driving a car, bus etc: · An old Pontiac pulled up, with a young Mexican man at the wheel.· Seymour was glad to be behind the wheel again after his two-year ban.
to be the person who is driving or controlling a large vehicle such as a plane: · The King himself was at the controls when his helicopter landed.· The power boat, with Don at the controls, swept around the bay.be at the controls of: · When I was a child I used to imagine myself at the controls of a fighter plane.
the activity of driving a stolen car very fast and dangerously for excitement: · Joyriding is the most common type of crime among boys under 18.go joyriding: · A group of youths went joyriding in stolen cars, causing three accidents before the police caught them.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRYdriving + NOUN
Turn that music down. It’s driving me crazy! (=really annoying me) He was disqualified from driving. He’s been driving me mad! Turn that radio off. It’s driving me nuts (=annoying me very much). He was accused of causing death by reckless driving. That noise is driving me up the wall (=making me annoyed).COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
British English (=an official document that shows you are allowed to drive)· When hiring a car, you must bring your driving licence.
(=that you must pass before you are allowed to drive)· I passed my driving test the second time I took it.
(=in which you are taught to drive)· Jane is having driving lessons.
(=a person whose job is teaching people to drive)· It's important to feel comfortable with your driving instructor.
(=an action that breaks the laws on driving)· He had to appear in court for a driving offence.
(=a legal order that forbids you to drive)· After the accident he faced a three-year driving ban.
(=how safe it is to drive, especially because of the weather)· Icy roads have made driving conditions dangerous.
adjectives· She pleaded guilty to causing death by dangerous driving.
(=careless and taking risks)· Baldwin faces charges of reckless driving.
· Bad driving can cause potentially fatal accidents.
(=driving well and carefully)· Young drivers should be educated about safe driving.
British English, drunk driving especially American English (=the offence of driving after drinking too much alcohol)· Len was convicted on a charge of drink-driving.
verbs (=be forbidden to drive by law)· Murray was banned from driving for six months after admitting to speeding.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES (=a very strong ambition)· She had a burning ambition to become a racing car driver.
British English· He was given a three-year driving ban and a fine.
Turn that music down. It’s driving me crazy! (=really annoying me) He was disqualified from driving. (=near enough to make travel to or from a place possible)· The job was not within travelling distance of my home.
· Dad said he'd pay for driving lessons as my birthday present.
British English, a driver's license American English· 80 percent of 18 year olds had a driver’s license.
He’s been driving me mad!· Is motorway driving included in the driving test?
Turn that radio off. It’s driving me nuts (=annoying me very much).· Speeding is the most common traffic offence.
(=heavy rain that is falling fast or being blown along)· They struggled to walk against driving rain.
He was accused of causing death by reckless driving.· We’ve been driving since six this morning.
(=falling fast)· We walked home through driving snow.
· A driving test can be a nerve-racking experience.
That noise is driving me up the wall (=making me annoyed).· The typical conjecture is that if you protect car driver from their mistakes you encourage bad driving.· Lesser sins include getting drunk, fiddling company expenses, eating too much - and bad driving.· Police say bad driving is still the biggest danger.· Police say bad driving, and not the weather, was to blame.· Between tests, the emergency services showed how they have to step in when bad driving takes its toll.
· He was fined 300-pounds and given six penalty points for careless driving.· Clearly, the difference between reckless driving and careless driving is one of degree.· He was over the drink-drive limit and had a previous conviction for careless driving.· A van driver involved in the accident has been charged with causing death by careless driving.· Neighbour Martin Clarke, 31, has been charged with causing his death by careless driving.· He pleaded guilty to careless driving in a letter to the court and was fined £300 and ordered to pay £20 costs.· Consider careless driving in such circumstances. 5 & 6.· A 31-year-old labourer was yesterday charged with causing the death of Mr Adams by careless driving after drinking excessively.
· He: Vowed again that he would increase the top penalty for causing death by dangerous driving to ten years.· Read in studio A man has appeared in court accused of causing the death of a pensioner by dangerous driving.· The two drivers were later charged with dangerous driving, but it was widely suspected that they had been acting on orders.· One of them, who's fifteen, is also charged with dangerous driving.· The procurator-fiscal insisted on pressing the more serious charge of killing some one by dangerous driving, while being drunk.· He's charged with causing death by dangerous driving, failing to stop and report an accident and driving with excess alcohol.· If their driving is hazardous enough they can be charged with dangerous driving and tried before magistrates or even a crown court.· Chapman, of Billericay, admitted dangerous driving after drinking twice the legal limit.
· Did you know he'd been convicted of drunken driving?· Bad cheque passing has risen by 87 percent and drunken driving by 205 percent.· These include drunken driving, underage drinking and research into alcohol related problems.· This might be justified as a means of signalling the connection between drunken driving and fatal accidents.· For example, in the United States the Century Council targets drunken driving and underage drinking.· Could be drunken driving, manslaughter, who knows?
· He pleaded guilty to careless driving in a letter to the court and was fined £300 and ordered to pay £20 costs.· At an earlier hearing, he'd pleaded guilty to driving with excess alcohol in his blood.· Henderson pleaded guilty to careless driving, driving while disqualified and without any proper insurance cover.· He was found guilty of driving without due care and attention.
· They claim he should have faced a Crown Court judge for causing death by reckless driving.· Motorsists seen tail-gating risk prosecution for reckless driving.· Hazlett was also charged with reckless driving causing grievous bodily harm to two people.· Clearly, the difference between reckless driving and careless driving is one of degree.· McCausland was also sentenced to six months for reckless driving and for driving without insurance, the sentences to run concurrently.· He admitted two offences of taking a car without consent, reckless driving and driving while disqualified.· The driver was eventually sentenced to six months in prison for reckless driving.· Burgess, 21, admitted three offences of reckless driving and three of driving while disqualified.
NOUN· Last year three and a half thousand people were prosecuted for drink driving in the Thames Valley area.· Voice over Clarke was convicted of drink driving ten years ago and banned for 18 months.· He'd been disqualified for not having insurance and disqualified before that for drink driving.· Increasing penalties for those convicted of drink driving.· He had three previous convictions for drink driving and three for careless driving.· All sides say the battle against drink driving is yet to be won.· Since breath tests were introduced at the end of the Sixties, more than 25,000 people have been killed by drink driving.· Other victims of drink driving have backed the new campaign.
VERB· Read in studio A driver who towed another car at a hundred miles an hour on a motorway has admitted reckless driving.· He admitted driving with excess alcohol but said he shouldn't be banned.· Shaun Largue had admitted reckless driving at Teesside Crown Court.
· Judge Angus Stroyan sentenced him to 12 months in jail and banned him from driving for two years.· He was banned from driving for 6 months and ordered to do 200 hours of community service.· He was banned from driving for a year.· Both were also banned from driving for a year and ordered to pay £25 costs.· His father, Earl Bathurst, was banned from driving after a drink-drive conviction 4 years ago.
· William McCabe, who's sixty-three, is charged with driving with excess alcohol.· If their driving is hazardous enough they can be charged with dangerous driving and tried before magistrates or even a crown court.
· If you were disqualified from driving, this two year period starts when the period of disqualification has ended.· Magistrates gave him a conditional discharge and disqualified him from driving for two years.· He was disqualified from driving for six months.· The magistrates fined her £130 and disqualified her from driving for 19 months.· Judge William Hannah jailed him for 12 months and disqualified him from driving for six months.· Harris, who also picked up a speeding conviction last year, was disqualified from driving for 21 days and fined £100.· At the time of the crash in July, he'd been disqualified from driving.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
- Back in the driving seat for the first time in 40 years the memories came flooding back.
- Bullock found himself in the driving seat after Davies was forced to play sideways out of a ditch.
- It was clear that, in the early stages of embryo development, the cytoplasm is in the driving seat.
- Kev sat with eyes closed in the driving seat.
- Once Smith's penalty goal had cut the Cambridge lead to two points Oxford appeared to be in the driving seat.
- So long as the receiver is in the driving seat neither the owners nor the unsecured creditors can do much to remove him.
- What in the world would the company be like in a few years' time if such people were in the driving seat?
WORD FAMILYnoundrivedriverdrivingadjectivedrivingverbdrive
the activity of driving a car, truck etc: driving lessons He was charged with causing death by dangerous driving. hazardous driving conditions (=weather that makes driving dangerous) → in the driving seat at seat1(11)COLLOCATIONSdriving + NOUNa driving licence British English (=an official document that shows you are allowed to drive)· When hiring a car, you must bring your driving licence.a driving test (=that you must pass before you are allowed to drive)· I passed my driving test the second time I took it.a driving lesson (=in which you are taught to drive)· Jane is having driving lessons.a driving instructor (=a person whose job is teaching people to drive)· It's important to feel comfortable with your driving instructor.a driving offence (=an action that breaks the laws on driving)· He had to appear in court for a driving offence.a driving ban (=a legal order that forbids you to drive)· After the accident he faced a three-year driving ban.driving conditions (=how safe it is to drive, especially because of the weather)· Icy roads have made driving conditions dangerous.adjectivescareless/dangerous driving· She pleaded guilty to causing death by dangerous driving.reckless driving (=careless and taking risks)· Baldwin faces charges of reckless driving.bad driving· Bad driving can cause potentially fatal accidents.safe driving (=driving well and carefully)· Young drivers should be educated about safe driving.drink-driving British English, drunk driving especially American English (=the offence of driving after drinking too much alcohol)· Len was convicted on a charge of drink-driving.verbsbe banned/disqualified from driving (=be forbidden to drive by law)· Murray was banned from driving for six months after admitting to speeding.driving1 noundriving2 adjective
drivingdriving2 adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES Turn that music down. It’s driving me crazy! (=really annoying me) He was disqualified from driving. He’s been driving me mad! Turn that radio off. It’s driving me nuts (=annoying me very much). He was accused of causing death by reckless driving. That noise is driving me up the wall (=making me annoyed).COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN
(=a very strong ambition)· She had a burning ambition to become a racing car driver.
British English· He was given a three-year driving ban and a fine.
Turn that music down. It’s driving me crazy! (=really annoying me) He was disqualified from driving. (=near enough to make travel to or from a place possible)· The job was not within travelling distance of my home.
· Dad said he'd pay for driving lessons as my birthday present.
British English, a driver's license American English· 80 percent of 18 year olds had a driver’s license.
He’s been driving me mad!· Is motorway driving included in the driving test?
Turn that radio off. It’s driving me nuts (=annoying me very much).· Speeding is the most common traffic offence.
(=heavy rain that is falling fast or being blown along)· They struggled to walk against driving rain.
He was accused of causing death by reckless driving.· We’ve been driving since six this morning.
(=falling fast)· We walked home through driving snow.
· A driving test can be a nerve-racking experience.
That noise is driving me up the wall (=making me annoyed).· Because although economic considerations are normally behind the switch, many new converts rapidly discover they prefer the diesel driving experience.· The subjects were broadly similar to those used in this study in terms of age and driving experience.· Of course, there are times when a greater sense of control does more than simply enhance the driving experience.· The first questionnaire was about their driving experience including the questions about accidents and near misses that were reported in Study 1.· The fact: driving Porsche's twenty six year old 911 is still one of the world's greatest driving experiences.
· But is kinship really an important driving force behind cooperation in male lions?· However, we all know that it is important and that it is the driving force of structure.· Whatever the driving force, heat conservation has many advantages.· There's no doubt who was the driving force behind their stunning business success.· Mrs Frizzell was the ruthless driving force behind his business.· The driving force of a flourishing society is individual acquisitiveness which creates demands that boost trade and increase the general wealth.· This suggests that the major transfer of care from state hospitals has taken place without any specific political driving force.
· The basic driving forces propelling firms abroad come from managers' desires for growth, for cost reduction and for control.· One of the driving forces behind this recent expansion is the growth of services.· We single out technology and the structure of international finance as the primary driving forces for change.· Morality and pacifist emotion were the driving forces behind much of the uninformed criticism of the Sandys Reformation.· Intelligent and articulate he became one of the driving forces in relaunching the fortunes of the Bègles club.· These driving forces are directly related to the supply driven nature of health care.· His energy, kindness and humour were driving forces in the Company's development.· This in fact was one of the driving forces behind the development of activity-based costing - the labour-hour basis was no longer applicable.
· The darkness was so complete that no one could have seen her through the driving rain and almost instantly the house disappeared.· Inside, peace reigns, even in driving rain.· There was continuous driving rain, and a cold that numbed me.· The air was full of driving rain as Jack climbed the hill.· He took the Mascot Missile's keys from the tray in the hall and went out into the driving rain.· He let go and ducked back into the driving rain.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRYPHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
- He feels like a fool in his virtual reality goggles as he trudges through the driving rain to the parked aircraft.
- In the face of the hard, driving snow, the stage slowed.
- Inside, peace reigns, even in driving rain.
- The air was full of driving rain as Jack climbed the hill.
- The darkness was so complete that no one could have seen her through the driving rain and almost instantly the house disappeared.
- The somber job was made more difficult by driving snow and subfreezing temperatures.
- There was continuous driving rain, and a cold that numbed me.
- They carried parasols and held them against the driving snow as they minced along in three-inch clogs.
- First, I would disagree that the Endangered Species Act is the driving force behind conservation decisions.
- For the lawyer and the judge, a driving force at all times has been the avalanche of precedents.
- Listening to the Finale in particular, I was struck by the lack of driving force there is behind it in this performance.
- The driving force of the rain precluded conversation, sealed each of us in with his own thoughts.
- The current history line is the driving force of the payroll and is subject to very high validation checks.
- This possessiveness can be a driving force behind each craftsman and his task.
- Was it feasible, was it remotely possible, that the mutation had some sort of driving force?
- Talented but without driving ambition, Lehmann was during his last years handicapped by Parkinson's disease.
- Thus, with each page, she becomes increasingly unattractive and vainglorious - brains and spirit corrupted by driving ambition.
- Back in the driving seat for the first time in 40 years the memories came flooding back.
- Bullock found himself in the driving seat after Davies was forced to play sideways out of a ditch.
- It was clear that, in the early stages of embryo development, the cytoplasm is in the driving seat.
- Kev sat with eyes closed in the driving seat.
- Once Smith's penalty goal had cut the Cambridge lead to two points Oxford appeared to be in the driving seat.
- So long as the receiver is in the driving seat neither the owners nor the unsecured creditors can do much to remove him.
- What in the world would the company be like in a few years' time if such people were in the driving seat?
WORD FAMILYnoundrivedriverdrivingadjectivedrivingverbdrive
1driving rain/snow rain or snow that falls very hard and fast2driving force someone or something that strongly influences people and makes them do somethingdriving behind Hawks was the driving force behind the project.3driving ambition a very great desire to do or achieve something