driving licencenoun [ C ]
uk/ˈdraɪ.vɪŋ ˌlaɪ.səns/us/ˈdraɪ.vɪŋ ˌlaɪ.səns/UK US driver's license, Australian English driver's licenceA2 official permission for someone to drive a car, received after passing a driving test, or a document showing this
Examples
- Have you got any identification? A driving licence or cheque card will do.
- In Britain, the organization responsible for issuing driving licences is called the DVLC.
- I'm pleased to say that I'm now the proud possessor of a driving licence!
- You can't get a driving licence till you're seventeen in this country.
- I'm afraid your driving licence is invalid in Eastern Europe.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
On the road: driving & operating road vehicles
- aquaplaning
- back sth up
- boxed in
- bump start
- bump start
- bus driver
- car seat
- carve
- corner
- dip
- driver
- driving
- foot
- hold the road idiom
- manoeuvring
- motor
- motorist
- pull away
- scorch
- turning circle
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