driving
/ˈdrʌɪvɪŋ
/adjective
1(Of rain or snow) blown by the wind with great force: driving rain...
- Snow, sleet, driving rain and gale force winds were sweeping across the north west today (Saturday).
- There were gale force winds and driving rain across parts of Victoria too - but a bit more than two millimetres.
- It wasn't the biggest or nicest fish but most welcome when conditions were hard and included gale force wind and driving rain.
1.1Having a strong and controlling influence: he was the driving force behind the plan a driving ambition...
- Rogers said a driving force controlling the price of oil is supply and demand.
- The shift toward more ecological means of pest control is a driving force in research and in growers' fields.
- The Privatization Law was the driving force which influenced the form privatization would take in the 1990s.
noun [mass noun]
The control and operation of a motor vehicle: he was convicted of reckless driving...
- Reckless driving of private buses compounds the problem on the roads.
- We propose doubling fines for offences that cause accidents such as drunken driving and reckless driving.
- The negligence may not be related to the actual driving of the motor vehicle.
Phrases
in the driving (or driver's) seat