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driving

American  
[drahy-ving] / ˈdraɪ vɪŋ /

adjective

  1. demanding a high or unreasonable rate of work from subordinates.

  2. vigorously active; energetic.

    a driving young executive.

  3. having force and violence.

    a driving storm.

  4. relaying or transmitting power.

  5. used while operating a vehicle.

    driving gloves.
driving British  
/ ˈdraɪvɪŋ /

adjective

  1. having or moving with force and violence

    driving rain

  2. forceful or energetic

  3. relating to the controlling of a motor vehicle in motion

    driving test
"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Other Word Forms

  • drivingly adverb

Etymology

Origin of driving

First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English; drive + -ing 2

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By certain estimates, Polk County, where we were driving, has been the fastest-growing area in America, and the developers have been cashing in.

From Slate • Apr. 20, 2026

A decade after my transplant, a new drug called imatinib—Gleevec—transformed CML treatment by shutting down the abnormal signaling driving the disease.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 19, 2026

“I didn’t do any street circuit racing before I came to the States. Maybe it fits my driving style.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 19, 2026

The very concepts of intellectualism, and of objective knowledge itself, have been debased by a kind of Gresham’s Law, with the bad driving out the good.

From Salon • Apr. 19, 2026

Tomás was behind them, driving the Shop — a forty-foot trailer pulled by a Mack semi tractor — by himself.

From "Storm Runners" by Roland Smith

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