driving

Definition

Adjective:
- Acting with great energy, force, or determination: Describes a person or thing that exhibits vigorous, powerful, or compelling effort.
- Having the power to drive or impel: Describes a force, ambition, or feeling that is compelling and motivates strong action.
Noun:
- The act of controlling and steering a vehicle or animal: The action or skill of operating a car, truck, or other vehicle, or guiding an animal-drawn vehicle.
- (In golf) The act of hitting a ball off a tee with a driver: The stroke used to play a ball from the tee, typically with a club called a driver.

Usage Examples

Adjective:
- She has a driving ambition to succeed. (Her ambition is powerful and compels her to act.)
- The driving rain made it difficult to see. (The rain was falling with great force.)
Noun:
- He was fined for reckless driving. (He was penalized for operating a vehicle in a dangerous manner.)
- Her driving has improved since she took lessons. (Her skill in operating a vehicle has gotten better.)
- His driving was long and straight down the fairway. (His golf stroke from the tee sent the ball far and in the correct direction.)

Advanced Usage

"Driving force": The primary person or factor that causes something to happen or develop.
- She was the driving force behind the new community project.
"Hard-driving": (Adjective, often hyphenated) Very aggressive, determined, and demanding in pursuit of a goal.
- The company's hard-driving CEO expects results.

Variants and Related Words

Drive (verb/noun): The root verb meaning to operate a vehicle or to propel something forward; also a noun for a trip in a vehicle or a determined effort.
Driver (noun): A person who drives a vehicle; or, in golf, a type of club.

Synonyms

Related Phrases

Driving test: The official examination one must pass to get a license to drive.
Driving seat (chiefly British) / Driver's seat (chiefly US): The seat from which a vehicle is controlled; figuratively, a position of control.
- She is in the driving seat for this negotiation.

Idioms

In the driving seat: To be in control of a situation.
- With the new contract, our company is finally in the driving seat.
What are you driving at?: What are you trying to say? What is your point?
- I don't understand your question. What are you driving at? (Note: This idiom uses the verb "drive," not the adjective or noun "driving," but is a closely related common expression.)

Adjective

acting with vigor
- responsibility turned the spoiled playboy into a driving young executive
having the power of driving or impelling
- a driving personal ambition
- the driving force was his innate enthusiasm
- an impulsive force

Noun

the act of controlling and steering the movement of a vehicle or animal
hitting a golf ball off of a tee with a driver
- he sliced his drive out of bounds

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