Draive vs. Drive — Which is Correct Spelling?
By Tayyaba Rehman — Updated on March 27, 2024
"Draive" is an incorrect spelling. The correct spelling is "Drive," referring to the act or action of operating a vehicle or propelling forward.
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Which is correct: Draive or Drive
How to spell Drive?
Draive
Incorrect Spelling
Drive
Correct Spelling
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Key Differences
Recall the association with "river" and "drive," both containing an 'r' before the 'i.'
Remember "i" before "v" in "Drive."
Use mnemonic: Vehicles DRIVE on highways, not DRAIVE.
Associate "Drive" with "Alive" for the 'i' placement.
"Drive" is a common word, while "Draive" is not recognized in English dictionaries.
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How Do You Spell Drive Correctly?
Incorrect: He couldn't wait to draive his new bike.
Correct: He couldn't wait to drive his new bike.
Incorrect: Can you draive me to the airport tomorrow?
Correct: Can you drive me to the airport tomorrow?
Incorrect: I learned how to draive when I was sixteen.
Correct: I learned how to drive when I was sixteen.
Incorrect: She tried to draive the car through the narrow street.
Correct: She tried to drive the car through the narrow street.
Incorrect: My mother taught me how to draive safely in all conditions.
Correct: My mother taught me how to drive safely in all conditions.
Drive Definitions
To operate and control the movement of a vehicle.
He learned to drive at 18.
An innate urge to attain a goal or satisfy a need.
Her drive to succeed was impressive.
A trip or journey in a vehicle.
We took a long drive in the countryside.
To push, propel, or force into a particular direction.
The wind will drive the rain into the windows.
The mechanism by which force or power is transmitted in machinery.
The computer needs a new hard drive.
Operate and control the direction and speed of a motor vehicle
They drove back into town
He got into his car and drove off
Propel or carry along by force in a specified direction
The wind will drive you onshore
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
(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
A trip or journey in a car
They went for a drive in the country
An innate, biologically determined urge to attain a goal or satisfy a need
Emotional and sexual drives
An organized effort by a number of people to achieve a purpose
A recruitment drive by the police
The transmission of power to machinery or to the wheels of a motor vehicle
He experimented with chain drive to run the propeller
(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
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
To push, propel, or press onward forcibly; urge forward
Drove the horses into the corral.
To repulse or put to flight by force or influence
Drove the attackers away.
Drove out any thought of failure.
To guide, control, or direct (a vehicle).
To convey or transport in a vehicle
Drove the children to school.
To traverse in a vehicle
Drive the freeways to work.
To supply the motive force or power to and cause to function
Steam drives the engine.
To cause or sustain, as if by supplying force or power
"The current merger mania is apparently driven by an urge ... to reduce risk or to exploit opportunities in a very rapidly changing business environment" (Peter Passell).
To compel or force to work, often excessively
"Every serious dancer is driven by notions of perfection—perfect expressiveness, perfect technique" (Susan Sontag).
To force into or from a particular act or state
Indecision drives me crazy.
To force to go through or penetrate
Drove the stake into the ground.
To create or produce by penetrating forcibly
The nail drove a hole in the tire.
To carry through vigorously to a conclusion
Drove home his point.
Drive a hard bargain.
(Sports) To throw, strike, or cast (a ball, for example) hard or rapidly.
(Basketball) To move with the ball directly through
Drove the lane and scored.
(Baseball) To cause (a run or runner) to be scored by batting. Often used with in.
(Football) To advance the ball over (certain yardage) in plays from scrimmage.
To chase (game) into the open or into traps or nets.
To search (an area) for game in such a manner.
To move along or advance quickly
We could hear the trucks driving along the highway.
To rush, dash, or advance violently against an obstruction
The wind drove into my face.
To operate a vehicle, such as a car
How long has he been driving?.
To go or be transported in a vehicle
We all got in the car and drove to the supermarket.
(Sports) To hit, throw, or impel a ball or other missile forcibly.
(Basketball) To move directly to the basket with the ball.
(Football) To advance the ball in plays from scrimmage.
To make an effort to reach or achieve an objective; aim.
The act of driving
Took the car out for a drive after dinner.
A trip or journey in a vehicle
It's a long drive to Eau Claire from here.
Abbr. Dr. A road for automobiles and other vehicles.
The means or apparatus for transmitting motion or power to a machine or from one machine part to another.
The position or operating condition of such a mechanism
"He put his car into drive and started home" (Charles Baxter).
The means by which automotive power is applied to a roadway
Four-wheel drive.
The means or apparatus for controlling and directing an automobile
Right-hand drive.
(Computers) A device that reads data from and often writes data onto a storage medium, such as an optical disc or flash memory.
A strong organized effort to accomplish a purpose
A drive to finish the project before the deadline.
Energy, push, or aggressiveness
An executive with a lot of drive.
(Psychology) A strong motivating tendency or instinct related to self-preservation, reproduction, or aggression that prompts activity toward a particular end.
A massive, sustained military offensive.
(Sports) The act of hitting, knocking, or thrusting a ball very swiftly.
(Sports) The stroke or thrust by which a ball is driven
An awkward drive on the first tee that sent the ball into the woods.
(Sports) The ball or puck as it is propelled
The goalie stopped a hard drive in the opening minute.
(Basketball) The act of moving with the ball directly to the basket.
(Football) A series of downs in which the ball is advanced by the offensive team.
A rounding up and driving of livestock to new pastures or to market.
A gathering and driving of logs down a river.
The cattle or logs thus driven.
Planned, usually long-lasting, effort to achieve something; ability coupled with ambition, determination, and motivation.
Crassus had wealth and wit, but Pompey had drive and Caesar as much again.
Violent or rapid motion; a rushing onward or away; especially, a forced or hurried dispatch of business.
An act of driving (prompting) game animals forward, to be captured or hunted.
An act of driving (prompting) livestock animals forward, to transport a herd.
(military) 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.
A mechanism used to power or give motion to a vehicle or other machine or machine part.
A typical steam drive
A nuclear drive
Chain drive
Front-wheel drive
Some old model trains have clockwork drives.
A trip made in a vehicle (now generally in a motor vehicle).
It was a long drive.
A driveway.
The mansion had a long, tree-lined drive.
A type of public roadway.
Beverly Hills’ most famous street is Rodeo Drive.
(dated) A place suitable or agreeable for driving; a road prepared for driving.
(psychology) Desire or interest.
(computer hardware) An apparatus for reading and writing data to or from a mass storage device such as a disk.
Floppy drive
(computer hardware) A mass storage device in which the mechanism for reading and writing data is integrated with the mechanism for storing data.
(golf) A stroke made with a driver.
A ball struck in a flat trajectory.
(cricket) 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.
(soccer) A straight level shot or pass.
(American football) An offensive possession, generally one consisting of several plays and/ or first downs, often leading to a scoring opportunity.
A charity event such as a fundraiser, bake sale, or toy drive.
A whist drive
A beetle drive
(retail) A campaign aimed at selling more of a certain product, e.g. by offering a discount.
Vaccination drive
(typography) An impression or matrix formed by a punch drift.
A collection of objects that are driven; a mass of logs to be floated down a river.
(transitive) To provide an impetus for motion or other physical change, to move an object by means of the provision of force thereto.
You drive nails into wood with a hammer.
(transitive) To provide an impetus for a non-physical change, especially a change in one's state of mind.
My husband's constant harping about the condition of the house threatens to drive me to distraction.
To displace either physically or non-physically, through the application of force.
To cause intrinsic motivation through the application or demonstration of force: to impel or urge onward thusly, to compel to move on, to coerce, intimidate or threaten.
(transitive) (especially of animals) To impel or urge onward by force; to push forward; to compel to move on.
To drive twenty thousand head of cattle from Texas to the Kansas railheads; to drive sheep out of a field
To direct a vehicle powered by a horse, ox or similar animal.
(transitive) To cause animals to flee out of.
(transitive) To move (something) by hitting it with great force.
You drive nails into wood with a hammer.
(transitive) To cause (a mechanism) to operate.
The pistons drive the crankshaft.
To operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle).
Drive a car
This SUV drives like a car.
To operate (an aircraft).
Drive a 737
(transitive) To motivate; to provide an incentive for.
What drives a person to run a marathon?
(transitive) To compel (to do something).
Their debts finally drove them to sell the business.
(transitive) To cause to become.
This constant complaining is going to drive me to insanity.
You are driving me crazy!
To hit the ball with a drive.
(intransitive) To travel by operating a wheeled motorized vehicle.
I drive to work every day.
(transitive) To convey (a person, etc.) in a wheeled motorized vehicle.
My cousin drove me to the airport.
(intransitive) To move forcefully.
(intransitive) To be moved or propelled forcefully (especially of a ship).
(transitive) To urge, press, or bring to a point or state.
(transitive) To carry or to keep in motion; to conduct; to prosecute.
(transitive) To clear, by forcing away what is contained.
(mining) To dig horizontally; to cut a horizontal gallery or tunnel.
(American football) To put together a drive (n.): to string together offensive plays and advance the ball down the field.
(obsolete) To distrain for rent.
(transitive) To separate the lighter (feathers or down) from the heavier, by exposing them to a current of air.
To be the dominant party in a sex act. en
To impel or urge onward by force in a direction away from one, or along before one; to push forward; to compel to move on; to communicate motion to; as, to drive cattle; to drive a nail; smoke drives persons from a room.
A storm came on and drove them into Pylos.
Shield pressed on shield, and man drove man along.
Go drive the deer and drag the finny prey.
To urge on and direct the motions of, as the beasts which draw a vehicle, or the vehicle borne by them; hence, also, to take in a carriage; to convey in a vehicle drawn by beasts; as, to drive a pair of horses or a stage; to drive a person to his own door.
How . . . proud he was to drive such a brother!
To urge, impel, or hurry forward; to force; to constrain; to urge, press, or bring to a point or state; as, to drive a person by necessity, by persuasion, by force of circumstances, by argument, and the like.
He, driven to dismount, threatened, if I did not do the like, to do as much for my horse as fortune had done for his.
To carry or; to keep in motion; to conduct; to prosecute.
The trade of life can not be driven without partners.
To clear, by forcing away what is contained.
To drive the country, force the swains away.
To dig Horizontally; to cut a horizontal gallery or tunnel.
To pass away; - said of time.
Specif., in various games, as tennis, baseball, etc., to propel (the ball) swiftly by a direct stroke or forcible throw.
To operate (a vehicle) while it is on motion, by manipulating the controls, such as the steering, propulsion, and braking mechanisms.
To rush and press with violence; to move furiously.
Fierce Boreas drove against his flying sails.
Under cover of the night and a driving tempest.
Time driveth onward fast,And in a little while our lips are dumb.
To be forced along; to be impelled; to be moved by any physical force or agent; to be driven.
The hull drives on, though mast and sail be torn.
The chaise drives to Mr. Draper's chambers.
To go by carriage; to pass in a carriage; to proceed by directing or urging on a vehicle or the animals that draw it; as, the coachman drove to my door.
To press forward; to aim, or tend, to a point; to make an effort; to strive; - usually with at.
Let them therefore declare what carnal or secular interest he drove at.
To distrain for rent.
To make a drive, or stroke from the tee.
To go from one place to another in a vehicle, serving as the operator of the vehicle; to drive{9} a vehicle from one location to another.
In various games, as tennis, cricket, etc., the act of player who drives the ball; the stroke or blow; the flight of the ball, etc., so driven.
A stroke from the tee, generally a full shot made with a driver; also, the distance covered by such a stroke.
The act of driving; a trip or an excursion in a carriage, as for exercise or pleasure; - distinguished from a ride taken on horseback.
A place suitable or agreeable for driving; a road prepared for driving.
Violent or rapid motion; a rushing onward or away; esp., a forced or hurried dispatch of business.
The Murdstonian drive in business.
In type founding and forging, an impression or matrix, formed by a punch drift.
A private road; a driveway.
A strong psychological motivation to perform some activity.
A device for reading or writing data from or to a data storage medium, as a disk drive, a tape drive, a CD drive, etc.
An organized effort by a group to accomplish a goal within a limited period of time; as, a fund-raising drive.
A physiological function of an organism motivating it to perform specific behaviors; as, the sex drive.
The period during which one team sustains movement of the ball toward the opponent's goal without losing possession of the ball; as, a long drive downfield.
An act of driving a vehicle, especially an automobile; the journey undertaken by driving an automobile; as, to go for a drive in the country.
The mechanism which causes the moving parts of a machine to move; as, a belt drive.
The way in which the propulsive force of a vehicle is transmitted to the road; as, a car with four-wheel drive, front-wheel drive, etc.
Driven.
The act of applying force to propel something;
After reaching the desired velocity the drive is cut off
A mechanism by which force or power is transmitted in a machine;
A variable speed drive permitted operation through a range of speeds
A series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end;
He supported populist campaigns
They worked in the cause of world peace
The team was ready for a drive toward the pennant
The movement to end slavery
Contributed to the war effort
A road leading up to a private house;
They parked in the driveway
The trait of being highly motivated;
His drive and energy exhausted his co-workers
Hitting a golf ball off of a tee with a driver;
He sliced his drive out of bounds
The act of driving a herd of animals overland
A journey in a vehicle driven by someone else;
He took the family for a drive in his new car
A physiological state corresponding to a strong need or desire
(computer science) a device that writes data onto or reads data from a storage medium
A wide scenic road planted with trees;
The riverside drive offers many exciting scenic views
(sports) a hard straight return (as in tennis or squash)
Operate or control a vehicle;
Drive a car or bus
Can you drive this four-wheel truck?
Travel or be transported in a vehicle;
We drove to the university every morning
They motored to London for the theater
Cause someone or something to move by driving;
She drove me to school every day
We drove the car to the garage
Force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically;
She rammed her mind into focus
He drives me mad
To compel or force or urge relentlessly or exert coercive pressure on, or motivate strongly;
She is driven by her passion
Cause to move back by force or influence;
Repel the enemy
Push back the urge to smoke
Beat back the invaders
Compel somebody to do something, often against his own will or judgment;
She finally drove him to change jobs
Push, propel, or press with force;
Drive a nail into the wall
Cause to move rapidly by striking or throwing with force;
Drive the ball far out into the field
Strive and make an effort to reach a goal;
She tugged for years to make a decent living
We have to push a little to make the deadline!
She is driving away at her doctoral thesis
Move into a desired direction of discourse;
What are you driving at?
Have certain properties when driven;
This car rides smoothly
My new truck drives well
Work as a driver;
He drives a bread truck
She drives for the taxi company in Newark
Move by being propelled by a force;
The car drove around the corner
Urge forward;
Drive the cows into the barn
Proceed along in a vehicle;
We drive the turnpike to work
Strike with a driver, as in teeing off;
Drive a golfball
Hit very hard and straight with the bat swinging more or less vertically;
Drive a ball
Excavate horizontally;
Drive a tunnel
Cause to function by supplying the force or power for or by controlling;
The amplifier drives the tube
Steam drives the engines
This device drives the disks for the computer
Hunting: search for game;
Drive the forest
Hunting: chase from cover into more open ground;
Drive the game
Drive Meaning in a Sentence
It takes skill to drive a manual transmission car smoothly.
He learned to drive on a farm when he was very young.
Can you drive a truck with a trailer attached?
I'll drive to the grocery store to pick up some milk.
We drive to the mountains every winter to go skiing.
She loves to drive along the coast and watch the sunset.
My sister is learning to drive, and she's getting pretty good.
Common Curiosities
What is the pronunciation of Drive?
The pronunciation is /draɪv/.
Which vowel is used before Drive?
Any vowel can precede "Drive" depending on the context.
Why is it called Drive?
The term originates from Old English "drīfan" meaning to force or push something forward.
What is the verb form of Drive?
Drive (e.g., I drive to work.)
What is the root word of Drive?
The Old English root is "drīfan."
What is the singular form of Drive?
Drive.
Which preposition is used with Drive?
"On" (e.g., drive on the road) or "to" (e.g., drive to the store).
Is Drive an abstract noun?
When referring to motivation or ambition, yes.
Is Drive a negative or positive word?
Neutral, though it can be positive when discussing ambition.
Is Drive a collective noun?
No.
Which conjunction is used with Drive?
Any conjunction can be used depending on the context.
Is the word “Drive” a Direct object or an Indirect object?
"Drive" can be a direct object (e.g., I love this drive.)
What is a stressed syllable in Drive?
The entire word, as it's one syllable.
Which determiner is used with Drive?
"This," "that," "my," "her," etc., can be used.
What is the first form of Drive?
Drive.
What is the plural form of Drive?
Drives (when referring to mechanisms or routes).
Which article is used with Drive?
Both "a" and "the" can be used.
Is Drive a noun or adjective?
"Drive" can be both a noun and a verb.
Is Drive an adverb?
No.
Is Drive a vowel or consonant?
"Drive" is a word that contains both vowels and consonants.
Is Drive a countable noun?
Yes (e.g., a scenic drive; two drives).
Is the word Drive is imperative?
Yes, in commands like "Drive safely!"
How do we divide Drive into syllables?
Drive is one syllable, so it doesn't divide.
What part of speech is Drive?
Drive can be a noun or verb.
Is the word Drive is Gerund?
No, but "driving" is the gerund form.
What is another term for Drive?
Operate (for vehicles) or Motivation (for ambition).
Is the Drive term a metaphor?
It can be used metaphorically to describe motivation or ambition.
How many syllables are in Drive?
One syllable.
What is the opposite of Drive?
Stop or Rest.
What is the second form of Drive?
Drove.
What is the third form of Drive?
Driven.
How is Drive used in a sentence?
I will drive to the beach tomorrow.
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