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Ambition (noun)
Eager or inordinate desire for some object that confers distinction, as preferment, honor, superiority, political power, or literary fame; desire to distinguish one’s self from other people.
“My son, John, wants to be a firefighter very much. He has a lot of ambition.”
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Ambition (noun)
An object of an ardent desire.
“My ambition is to own a helicopter.”
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Ambition (noun)
A desire, as in (sense 1), for another person to achieve these things.
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Ambition (noun)
A personal quality similar to motivation, not necessarily tied to a single goal.
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Ambition (noun)
The act of going about to solicit or obtain an office, or any other object of desire; canvassing.
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Ambition (verb)
To seek after ambitiously or eagerly; to covet.
“Pausanias, ambitioning the sovereignty of Greece, bargains with Xerxes for his daughter in marriage. — Trumbull.”
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Drive (noun)
Motivation to do or achieve something; ability coupled with ambition.
“Crassus had wealth and wit, but Pompey had drive and Caesar as much again.”
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Drive (noun)
Violent or rapid motion; a rushing onward or away; especially, a forced or hurried dispatch of business.
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Drive (noun)
An act of driving animals forward, such as to be captured, hunted etc.
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Drive (noun)
A sustained advance in the face of the enemy to take a strategic objective.
“Napoleon’s drive on Moscow was as determined as it was disastrous.”
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Drive (noun)
A motor that does not take fuel, but instead depends on a mechanism that stores potential energy for subsequent use.
“Some old model trains have clockwork drives.”
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Drive (noun)
A trip made in a vehicle (now generally in a motor vehicle).
“It was a long drive.”
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Drive (noun)
A driveway.
“The mansion had a long, tree-lined drive.”
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Drive (noun)
A type of public roadway.
“Beverly Hills’ most famous street is Rodeo Drive.”
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Drive (noun)
A place suitable or agreeable for driving; a road prepared for driving.
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Drive (noun)
Desire or interest.
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Drive (noun)
An apparatus for writing data to or from a mass storage device such as a disk, as a floppy drive.
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Drive (noun)
A mass storage device in which the mechanism for reading and writing data is integrated with the mechanism for storing data, as a hard drive, a flash drive.
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Drive (noun)
A stroke made with a driver.
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Drive (noun)
A ball struck in a flat trajectory.
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Drive (noun)
A type of shot played by swinging the bat in a vertical arc, through the line of the ball, and hitting it along the ground, normally between cover and midwicket.
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Drive (noun)
A straight level shot or pass.
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Drive (noun)
An offensive possession, generally one consisting of several plays and/ or first downs, often leading to a scoring opportunity.
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Drive (noun)
A charity event such as a fundraiser, bake sale, or toy drive.
“a whist drive; a beetle drive”
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Drive (noun)
An impression or matrix formed by a punch drift.
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Drive (noun)
A collection of objects that are driven; a mass of logs to be floated down a river.
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Drive (verb)
To impel or urge onward by force; to push forward; to compel to move on.
“to drive sheep out of a field”
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Drive (verb)
To direct a vehicle powered by a horse, ox or similar animal.
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Drive (verb)
To cause animals to flee out of.
“the example is not exactly about an action described by the definition. the example is about driving brambles, not about driving animals.}} {{ux|en|The beaters drove the brambles, causing a great rush of rabbits and other creatures.”
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Drive (verb)
To move (something) by hitting it with great force.
“You drive nails into wood with a hammer.”
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Drive (verb)
To cause (a mechanism) to operate.
“The pistons drive the crankshaft.”
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Drive (verb)
To operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle).
“drive a car”
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Drive (verb)
To motivate; to provide an incentive for.
“What drives a person to run a marathon?”
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Drive (verb)
To compel (to do something).
“Their debts finally drove them to sell the business.”
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Drive (verb)
To cause to become.
“This constant complaining is going to drive me to insanity.”
“You are driving me crazy!”
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Drive (verb)
To drive.
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Drive (verb)
To travel by operating a wheeled motorized vehicle.
“I drive to work every day.”
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Drive (verb)
To convey (a person, etc) in a wheeled motorized vehicle.
“My wife drove me to the airport.”
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Drive (verb)
To move forcefully.
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Drive (verb)
To be moved or propelled forcefully (especially of a ship).
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Drive (verb)
To urge, press, or bring to a point or state.
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Drive (verb)
To carry or to keep in motion; to conduct; to prosecute.
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Drive (verb)
To clear, by forcing away what is contained.
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Drive (verb)
To dig horizontally; to cut a horizontal gallery or tunnel.
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Drive (verb)
To put together a drive (n.): to string together offensive plays and advance the ball down the field.
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Drive (verb)
To distrain for rent.
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Drive (verb)
To separate the lighter (feathers or down) from the heavier, by exposing them to a current of air.
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Drive (verb)
To be the dominant party in a sex act.
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Drive (verb)
operate and control the direction and speed of a motor vehicle
“they drove back into town”
“he got into his car and drove off”
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Drive (verb)
(of a motor vehicle) travel under the control of a driver
“a stream of black cars drove by”
“a car drives up, and a man gets out”
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Drive (verb)
own or use (a specified type of car)
“Sue drives an estate car”
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Drive (verb)
be licensed or competent to drive a motor vehicle
“I take it you can drive?”
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Drive (verb)
convey (someone) in a vehicle, especially a private car
“his wife drove him to Regent’s Park”
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Drive (verb)
propel or carry along by force in a specified direction
“the wind will drive you onshore”
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Drive (verb)
(of wind, rain, or snow) move or fall with great force
“the snow drove against him”
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Drive (verb)
(of a source of power) provide the energy to set and keep (an engine or piece of machinery) in motion
“turbines driven by steam”
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Drive (verb)
(of a device) power or operate (another device)
“the interface can be used to drive a printer”
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Drive (verb)
force (a stake or nail) into place by hitting or pushing it
“nails are driven through the boards”
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Drive (verb)
bore (a tunnel)
“an engineer suggested driving a tunnel through the Judean hills”
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Drive (verb)
(in ball games) hit or kick (the ball) hard with a free swing of the bat, racket, or foot
“from the free kick Owen drove the ball past the keeper”
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Drive (verb)
strike (a ball) from the tee, typically with a driver
“I’m driving the ball really well and my irons are good”
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Drive (verb)
urge or force (animals or people) to move in a specified direction
“the French infantry were driven back”
“they drove a flock of sheep through the centre of the city”
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Drive (verb)
compel to leave
“he wanted to drive me away”
“troops drove out the demonstrators”
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Drive (verb)
(of a fact or feeling) compel (someone) to act in a particular way, especially one that is considered undesirable or inappropriate
“he was driven by ambition”
“some people are driven to murder their tormentors”
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Drive (verb)
bring (someone) forcibly into a specified negative state
“the thought drove him to despair”
“my laziness drives my wife crazy”
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Drive (verb)
force (someone) to work to an excessive extent
“you’re driving yourself too hard”
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Drive (verb)
cause (something abstract) to happen or develop
“the consumer has been driving the economy for a number of years”
“we need to allow market forces to drive growth in the telecommunications sector”
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Drive (noun)
a trip or journey in a car
“they went for a drive in the country”
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Drive (noun)
a street or road
“Hammond Drive”
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Drive (noun)
a short road leading from a public road to a house or other building
“from the window he could see right down the weedy drive to the front gate”
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Drive (noun)
an innate, biologically determined urge to attain a goal or satisfy a need
“emotional and sexual drives”
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Drive (noun)
determination and ambition to achieve something
“his drive helped Leeds to four Cup finals”
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Drive (noun)
an organized effort by a number of people to achieve a purpose
“a recruitment drive by the police”
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Drive (noun)
an organized gathering to play whist or another game, involving many players
“a whist drive”
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Drive (noun)
the transmission of power to machinery or to the wheels of a motor vehicle
“he experimented with chain drive to run the propeller”
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Drive (noun)
(in a car with automatic transmission) the position of the gear selector in which the car will move forward, changing gears automatically as required
“he threw the car into drive”
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Drive (noun)
short for disk drive
“insert the disk into drive A”
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Drive (noun)
(in ball games) a forceful stroke made with a free swing of the bat, racket, or foot against the ball
“a hard drive to left field”
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Drive (noun)
a shot from the tee
“Greg hit a good drive at the 18th”
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Drive (noun)
an act of driving a group of animals to a particular destination
“cattle were no longer taken on long drives, but were delivered by rail”