driver
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: aeronautics
aerospace
audio
aviation
business
computing
electrical-engineering
engineering
golf
hobbies
lifestyle
mathematics
natural-sciences
nautical
physical-sciences
sciences
sports
transport
Etymology: From Middle English drivere, dryvere, dryvare, equivalent to drive + -er. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Drieuwer (“driver”), Dutch drijver (“driver”), German Low German Driever (“driver”), German Treiber (“driver”), Swedish drivare (“driver”).
Base: drive
Affixes: -er
Inflected forms:
form: drivers
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: One who drives something.
pos: noun
examples: Luke North was working in the North East District when Harry Patterson the pony driver came by. It was 5.45 o'clock. Luke smelt danger in the air. He walked round the pony to speak with Harry […]
gloss: One who drives something.
pos: noun
examples: The driver will make an announcement when the trip is nearing its completion.
Tipping your driver is optional but is much appreciated.
That’s nearly twice the highest posted speed limit in the United States, 85 mph, on a stretch of highway in Texas. Why do our speedometers stretch to a speed that’s illegal, and only race-car drivers will ever reach?
Toyota spokesman Paul Hogard said the automaker wants speedometers to be easy to read, so there’s value in placing the typical operating speed of American cars, 45 mph to 70 mph, he said, at the top of the speedometer, which is the easiest place on the speedometer for the driver to read.
Earlier this month, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration began an investigation into four crashes of Teslas operating with a partial-automation system (which can navigate highways and steer the car on city streets but requires a licensed driver to be present), including one in which a pedestrian was killed. In a news release, NHTSA said reduced visibility may have led to the crashes.
gloss: One who drives something.
pos: noun
tags: slang
gloss: One who drives something.
pos: noun
examples: Up until 1872 there was not over 150 miles of railroad in the state [Texas], that was from Galveston to Houston, and a short line from Houston to Brazoria, twenty-five miles in length, and one road from Harrisburg to Alton, three miles east of Columbus. So the cattle driving to Kansas was the only hope at that time, and it proved to be a great help before the railroads got around. Trail driving to Kansas lasted from 1866 to 1886 and it was estimated that fully eight million head of cattle and horses were driven and sold during the twenty years above mentioned to Kansas, the drivers paying for the cattle on an average of $10.00 per head, although most of the horses came back to Texas and were used the next year. There were all sizes of herds from five hundred to twenty-five hundred cattle in a drove, usually seven or eight men to the small herds and twelve to fifteen men with the large herds.
gloss: Something that drives something else.
pos: noun
examples: The character of work is a driver of social change, at the same time that any new forms of work are the result of broader social change.
The aim is to secure up to £140 million for the combined road and rail improvements, including a new road bridge to replace a level crossing at Totton. A key driver has been the approval of a new housing and employment development called Fawley Waterside, with 1,500 homes planned on the site of a redundant power station on the edge of Southampton Water.
gloss: Something that drives something else.
pos: noun
gloss: Something that drives something else.
pos: noun
examples: The brassey much resembled the driver, but the iron opened out quite a new field of practice; […]
gloss: Something that drives something else.
pos: noun
gloss: Something that drives something else.
pos: noun
examples: Compared with June 2023, consumers’ perceptions of the main drivers of inflation shifted towards wages, although other input costs were still seen as the strongest driver overall.
gloss: Something that drives something else.
pos: noun
examples: The driver engages the follower intermittently, as dictated by the solenoid.
gloss: Something that drives something else.
pos: noun
gloss: Something that drives something else.
pos: noun
gloss: Something that drives something else.
pos: noun
gloss: Something that drives something else.
pos: noun
examples: Among the driver and screw types available, you'll find several cross-slot varieties including the Reed & Prince […]
gloss: Something that drives something else.
pos: noun
gloss: Something that drives something else.
pos: noun
tags: in-plural
examples: The later iterations of these locomotives had 56-inch drivers.
With a toot on her chime whistle, No. 6 set her 3 ft. 9 in. drivers turning and we were off round the curve through Pennyburn works.
Related words: chauffeur
conductor
pilot
rider
Derived words: back-seat driver
blip driver
bus driver
cab driver
cabdriver
camel driver
cattle driver
chauffeur driver
coach driver
codriver
combine driver
crane driver
daily driver
Death Valley driver
designated driver
device driver
drabi
drink-driver
drink driver
driver ant
driver-ant
driver-boom
driveress
driver fatigue
driverless
driver licence
driverly
driver-only operation
driver reviver
driver's education
driverside
driver's license
driver transistor
driver tube
driver valve
driver-yard
drug driver
drunk driver
engine driver
getaway driver
ghost driver
impact driver
in the driver's seat
L-driver
lorry driver
mass driver
minidriver
multidriver
Negro-driver
non-driver
nondriver
nutdriver
nut driver
oncodriver
owner-driver
paper driver
pen-driver
pile driver
piledriver
pill driver
quill-driver
race car driver
racing driver
scoop driver
screwdriver
self-driver
shuttle-driver
shuttle driver
single-driver
slave driver
slave-driver
stake-driver
student driver
Sunday driver
taxi driver
tractor driver
tram driver
truck driver
truck-driver
truck driver tan
wooldriver
wrong-way driver
Translations:
lang: Arabic
word: سَائِق
roman: sāʔiq
lang: Catalan
word: conductor
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 驅趕動物者 /驱赶动物者
roman: qūgǎn dòngwù zhě
lang: Danish
word: chauffør
lang: Finnish
word: ajaja
lang: French
word: conducteur
lang: French
word: conductrice
lang: French
word: traqueur
lang: French
word: traqueuse
lang: German
word: Treiber
lang: German
word: Treiberin
lang: Greek
word: οδηγός
roman: odigós
lang: Ancient Greek
word: ἐλατήρ
roman: elatḗr
lang: Hindi
word: चालक
roman: cālak
lang: Hungarian
word: hajtó
lang: Hungarian
word: fogathajtó
lang: Ingrian
word: ajaja
lang: Irish
word: tiománaí
lang: Italian
word: conducente
lang: Kamba
word: ndeleba
lang: Kikuyu
word: derefa
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: ajovan
lang: Luhya
word: omudereva
lang: Luo
word: dreva
lang: Manx
word: immanagh
lang: Māori
word: kaitaraiwa
lang: Māori
word: kaiwhiu
lang: Meru
word: ndereva
lang: Navajo
word: naʼałbąąsii
lang: Portuguese
word: condutor
lang: Portuguese
word: condutora
lang: Punjabi
word: ډرېور
lang: Romanian
word: conducător
lang: Russian
word: пого́нщик
roman: pogónščik
lang: Russian
word: пого́нщица
roman: pogónščica
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: го̀нӣч
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: gònīč
lang: Spanish
word: conductor
lang: Spanish
word: conductora
lang: Swahili
word: dereva
lang: Swahili
word: mwendeshaji
lang: Swedish
word: förare
lang: Telugu
word: సారథి
roman: sārathi
lang: Thai
word: คนขับ
roman: kon-kàp
lang: Thai
word: ผู้ขับ
roman: pûu-kàp
lang: Ukrainian
word: пого́нич
roman: pohónyč
lang: Ukrainian
word: пого́нець
roman: pohónecʹ
lang: Welsh
word: gyrrwr
lang: Catalan
word: conductor
lang: Finnish
word: ajuri
lang: Finnish
word: ajojuhta
lang: Greek
word: οδηγός
roman: odigós
lang: Hindi
word: चालक
roman: cālak
lang: Hungarian
word: ösztönző
lang: Hungarian
word: hajtóerő
lang: Hungarian
word: mozgatórugó
lang: Hungarian
word: ösztönzőerő
lang: Hungarian
word: motor
lang: Italian
word: aspirazione
lang: Italian
word: desiderio
lang: Portuguese
word: condutor
lang: Russian
word: дви́житель
roman: dvížitelʹ
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: pokretač
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: šofer
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: šoferka
lang: Swahili
word: dereva
lang: Arabic
word: سَائِق
roman: sāʔiq
lang: Arabic
word: سَوَّاق
roman: sawwāg
lang: Armenian
word: վարորդ
roman: varord
lang: Azerbaijani
word: sürücü
lang: Bulgarian
word: водач
roman: vodač
lang: Bulgarian
word: водачка
roman: vodačka
lang: Catalan
word: conductor
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 司機 /司机
roman: si¹ gei¹
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 駕駛員 /驾驶员
roman: gaa³ sai² jyun⁴
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 駕駛者 /驾驶者
roman: gaa³ sai² ze²
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 柴可夫
roman: caai⁴ ho² fu¹
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 司機 /司机
roman: sījī
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 駕駛員 /驾驶员
roman: jiàshǐyuán
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 駕駛者 /驾驶者
roman: jiàshǐzhě
lang: Czech
word: řidič
lang: Dutch
word: bestuurder
lang: Estonian
word: juht
lang: Finnish
word: ajuri
lang: Finnish
word: kuski
lang: French
word: conducteur
lang: French
word: conductrice
lang: German
word: Fahrer
lang: German
word: Fahrerin
lang: Greek
word: οδηγός
roman: odigós
lang: Greek
word: μηχανοδηγός
roman: michanodigós
lang: Hebrew
word: נַהָג
roman: nahág
lang: Hebrew
word: נֶהָג
roman: nehág
lang: Hebrew
word: נהגת
roman: naheget
lang: Hindi
word: चालक
roman: cālak
lang: Hindi
word: ड्राइवर
roman: ḍrāivar
lang: Hungarian
word: vezető
lang: Hungarian
word: (coachman, carter, wagoner) kocsis
lang: Ingrian
word: ajaja
lang: Irish
word: tiománaí
lang: Japanese
word: 運転手
roman: untenshu
lang: Japanese
word: 運転者
roman: untensha
lang: Japanese
word: ドライバー
roman: doraibā
lang: Korean
word: 운전사
roman: unjeonsa
lang: Korean
word: 운전자
roman: unjeonja
lang: Korean
word: 기사
roman: gisa
lang: Korean
word: 드라이버
roman: deuraibeo
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: ajovan
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: ajokar
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: şofêr
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: sayêq
lang: Māori
word: taraiwa
lang: Māori
word: kaitaraiwa
lang: Marathi
word: चालक
roman: cālak
lang: Marathi
word: चालिका
roman: cālikā
lang: Portuguese
word: piloto
lang: Portuguese
word: pilota
lang: Romanian
word: pilot
lang: Russian
word: води́тель
roman: vodítelʹ
lang: Russian
word: води́тельница
roman: vodítelʹnica
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: во̀за̄ч
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: воза̀чица
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: vòzāč
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: vozàčica
lang: Spanish
word: conductor
lang: Spanish
word: conductora
lang: Spanish
word: manejador
lang: Swahili
word: dereva
lang: Telugu
word: డ్రైవర్
roman: ḍraivar
lang: Turkish
word: sürücü
lang: Ukrainian
word: водій
roman: vodij
lang: Urdu
word: ڈْرائِیوَر
roman: ḍrāīvar
lang: Urdu
word: ڈْرائِوَر
roman: ḍrāivar