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What words refer to forcing someone to do something?compel blackmail browbeat bully (v) coerce constrain drive force someone to do something use force force something on insist impel impose your will on make someone do something oblige press pressure put pressure on push use strong-arm tactics use strong-arm methods under duress be breathing down someone's neck
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Conjugation drive conjugation
How do you conjugate drive?
drive · verb
Present I drive
Positive I drive
Singular
1st person I drive
2nd person you drive
3rd person he/she/it drives
Plural
1st person we drive
2nd person you drive
3rd person they drive
Negative I don't drive
Singular
1st person I don't drive I do not drive
2nd person you don't drive you do not drive
3rd person he/she/it doesn't drive he/she/it does not drive
Plural
1st person we don't drive we do not drive
2nd person you don't drive you do not drive
3rd person they don't drive they do not drive
Question do I drive?
Singular
1st person do I drive?
2nd person do you drive?
3rd person does he/she/it drive?
Plural
1st person do we drive?
2nd person do you drive?
3rd person do they drive?
Negative question don't I drive?
Singular
1st person don't I drive? do I not drive?
2nd person don't you drive? do you not drive?
3rd person doesn't he/she/it drive? does he/she/it not drive?
Plural
1st person don't we drive? do we not drive?
2nd person don't you drive? do you not drive?
3rd person don't they drive? do they not drive?
Past I drove
Positive I drove
Singular
1st person I drove
2nd person you drove
3rd person he/she/it drove
Plural
1st person we drove
2nd person you drove
3rd person they drove
Negative I didn't drive
Singular
1st person I didn't drive I did not drive
2nd person you didn't drive you did not drive
3rd person he/she/it didn't drive he/she/it did not drive
Plural
1st person we didn't drive we did not drive
2nd person you didn't drive you did not drive
3rd person they didn't drive they did not drive
Question did I drive?
Singular
1st person did I drive?
2nd person did you drive?
3rd person did he/she/it drive?
Plural
1st person did we drive?
2nd person did you drive?
3rd person did they drive?
Negative question didn't I drive?
Singular
1st person didn't I drive? did I not drive?
2nd person didn't you drive? did you not drive?
3rd person didn't he/she/it drive? did he/she/it not drive?
Plural
1st person didn't we drive? did we not drive?
2nd person didn't you drive? did you not drive?
3rd person didn't they drive? did they not drive?
Future I'll drive
Positive I'll drive
Singular
1st person I'll drive I will drive
2nd person you'll drive you will drive
3rd person he/she/it'll drive he/she/it will drive
Plural
1st person we'll drive we will drive
2nd person you'll drive you will drive
3rd person they'll drive they will drive
Negative I won't drive
Singular
1st person I won't drive I will not drive
2nd person you won't drive you will not drive
3rd person he/she/it won't drive he/she/it will not drive
Plural
1st person we won't drive we will not drive
2nd person you won't drive you will not drive
3rd person they won't drive they will not drive
Question will I drive?
Singular
1st person will I drive?
2nd person will you drive?
3rd person will he/she/it drive?
Plural
1st person will we drive?
2nd person will you drive?
3rd person will they drive?
Negative question won't I drive?
Singular
1st person won't I drive? will I not drive?
2nd person won't you drive? will you not drive?
3rd person won't he/she/it drive? will he/she/it not drive?
Plural
1st person won't we drive? will we not drive?
2nd person won't you drive? will you not drive?
3rd person won't they drive? will they not drive?
Conditional I'd drive
Positive I'd drive
Singular
1st person I'd drive I would drive
2nd person you'd drive you would drive
3rd person he/she/it'd drive he/she/it would drive
Plural
1st person we'd drive we would drive
2nd person you'd drive you would drive
3rd person they'd drive they would drive
Negative I wouldn't drive
Singular
1st person I wouldn't drive I would not drive
2nd person you wouldn't drive you would not drive
3rd person he/she/it wouldn't drive he/she/it would not drive
Plural
1st person we wouldn't drive we would not drive
2nd person you wouldn't drive you would not drive
3rd person they wouldn't drive they would not drive
Question would I drive?
Singular
1st person would I drive?
2nd person would you drive?
3rd person would he/she/it drive?
Plural
1st person would we drive?
2nd person would you drive?
3rd person would they drive?
Negative question wouldn't I drive?
Singular
1st person wouldn't I drive? would I not drive?
2nd person wouldn't you drive? would you not drive?
3rd person wouldn't he/she/it drive? would he/she/it not drive?
Plural
1st person wouldn't we drive? would we not drive?
2nd person wouldn't you drive? would you not drive?
3rd person wouldn't they drive? would they not drive?
Present continuous I'm driving
Positive I'm driving
Singular
1st person I'm driving I am driving
2nd person you're driving you are driving
3rd person he/she/it's driving he/she/it is driving
Plural
1st person we're driving we are driving
2nd person you're driving you are driving
3rd person they're driving they are driving
Negative I'm not driving
Singular
1st person I'm not driving I am not driving
2nd person you aren't driving you're not driving you are not driving
3rd person he/she/it isn't driving he/she/it's not driving he/she/it is not driving
Plural
1st person we aren't driving we're not driving we are not driving
2nd person you aren't driving you're not driving you are not driving
3rd person they aren't driving they're not driving they are not driving
Question am I driving?
Singular
1st person am I driving?
2nd person are you driving?
3rd person is he/she/it driving?
Plural
1st person are we driving?
2nd person are you driving?
3rd person are they driving?
Negative question aren't I driving?
Singular
1st person aren't I driving? am I not driving?
2nd person aren't you driving? are you not driving?
3rd person isn't he/she/it driving? is he/she/it not driving?
Plural
1st person aren't we driving? are we not driving?
2nd person aren't you driving? are you not driving?
3rd person aren't they driving? are they not driving?
Past continuous I was driving
Positive I was driving
Singular
1st person I was driving
2nd person you were driving
3rd person he/she/it was driving
Plural
1st person we were driving
2nd person you were driving
3rd person they were driving
Negative I wasn't driving
Singular
1st person I wasn't driving I was not driving
2nd person you weren't driving you were not driving
3rd person he/she/it wasn't driving he/she/it was not driving
Plural
1st person we weren't driving we were not driving
2nd person you weren't driving you were not driving
3rd person they weren't driving they were not driving
Question was I driving?
Singular
1st person was I driving?
2nd person were you driving?
3rd person was he/she/it driving?
Plural
1st person were we driving?
2nd person were you driving?
3rd person were they driving?
Negative question wasn't I driving?
Singular
1st person wasn't I driving? was I not driving?
2nd person weren't you driving? were you not driving?
3rd person wasn't he/she/it driving? was he/she/it not driving?
Plural
1st person weren't we driving? were we not driving?
2nd person weren't you driving? were you not driving?
3rd person weren't they driving? were they not driving?
Future continuous I'll be driving
Positive I'll be driving
Singular
1st person I'll be driving I will be driving
2nd person you'll be driving you will be driving
3rd person he/she/it'll be driving he/she/it will be driving
Plural
1st person we'll be driving we will be driving
2nd person you'll be driving you will be driving
3rd person they'll be driving they will be driving
Negative I won't be driving
Singular
1st person I won't be driving I will not be driving
2nd person you won't be driving you will not be driving
3rd person he/she/it won't be driving he/she/it will not be driving
Plural
1st person we won't be driving we will not be driving
2nd person you won't be driving you will not be driving
3rd person they won't be driving they will not be driving
Question will I be driving?
Singular
1st person will I be driving?
2nd person will you be driving?
3rd person will he/she/it be driving?
Plural
1st person will we be driving?
2nd person will you be driving?
3rd person will they be driving?
Negative question won't I be driving?
Singular
1st person won't I be driving? will I not be driving?
2nd person won't you be driving? will you not be driving?
3rd person won't he/she/it be driving? will he/she/it not be driving?
Plural
1st person won't we be driving? will we not be driving?
2nd person won't you be driving? will you not be driving?
3rd person won't they be driving? will they not be driving?
Conditional continuous I'd be driving
Positive I'd be driving
Singular
1st person I'd be driving I would be driving
2nd person you'd be driving you would be driving
3rd person he/she/it'd be driving he/she/it would be driving
Plural
1st person we'd be driving we would be driving
2nd person you'd be driving you would be driving
3rd person they'd be driving they would be driving
Negative I wouldn't be driving
Singular
1st person I wouldn't be driving I would not be driving
2nd person you wouldn't be driving you would not be driving
3rd person he/she/it wouldn't be driving he/she/it would not be driving
Plural
1st person we wouldn't be driving we would not be driving
2nd person you wouldn't be driving you would not be driving
3rd person they wouldn't be driving they would not be driving
Question would I be driving?
Singular
1st person would I be driving?
2nd person would you be driving?
3rd person would he/she/it be driving?
Plural
1st person would we be driving?
2nd person would you be driving?
3rd person would they be driving?
Negative question wouldn't I be driving?
Singular
1st person wouldn't I be driving? would I not be driving?
2nd person wouldn't you be driving? would you not be driving?
3rd person wouldn't he/she/it be driving? would he/she/it not be driving?
Plural
1st person wouldn't we be driving? would we not be driving?
2nd person wouldn't you be driving? would you not be driving?
3rd person wouldn't they be driving? would they not be driving?
Present perfect I've driven
Positive I've driven
Singular
1st person I've driven I have driven
2nd person you've driven you have driven
3rd person he/she/it's driven he/she/it has driven
Plural
1st person we've driven we have driven
2nd person you've driven you have driven
3rd person they've driven they have driven
Negative I haven't driven
Singular
1st person I haven't driven I have not driven
2nd person you haven't driven you have not driven
3rd person he/she/it hasn't driven he/she/it has not driven
Plural
1st person we haven't driven we have not driven
2nd person you haven't driven you have not driven
3rd person they haven't driven they have not driven
Question have I driven?
Singular
1st person have I driven?
2nd person have you driven?
3rd person has he/she/it driven?
Plural
1st person have we driven?
2nd person have you driven?
3rd person have they driven?
Negative question haven't I driven?
Singular
1st person haven't I driven? have I not driven?
2nd person haven't you driven? have you not driven?
3rd person hasn't he/she/it driven? has he/she/it not driven?
Plural
1st person haven't we driven? have we not driven?
2nd person haven't you driven? have you not driven?
3rd person haven't they driven? have they not driven?
Past perfect I had driven
Positive I had driven
Singular
1st person I had driven
2nd person you had driven
3rd person he/she/it had driven
Plural
1st person we had driven
2nd person you had driven
3rd person they had driven
Negative I hadn't driven
Singular
1st person I hadn't driven I had not driven
2nd person you hadn't driven you had not driven
3rd person he/she/it hadn't driven he/she/it had not driven
Plural
1st person we hadn't driven we had not driven
2nd person you hadn't driven you had not driven
3rd person they hadn't driven they had not driven
Question had I driven?
Singular
1st person had I driven?
2nd person had you driven?
3rd person had he/she/it driven?
Plural
1st person had we driven?
2nd person had you driven?
3rd person had they driven?
Negative question hadn't I driven?
Singular
1st person hadn't I driven? had I not driven?
2nd person hadn't you driven? had you not driven?
3rd person hadn't he/she/it driven? had he/she/it not driven?
Plural
1st person hadn't we driven? had we not driven?
2nd person hadn't you driven? had you not driven?
3rd person hadn't they driven? had they not driven?
Future perfect I'll have driven
Positive I'll have driven
Singular
1st person I'll have driven I will have driven
2nd person you'll have driven you will have driven
3rd person he/she/it'll have driven he/she/it will have driven
Plural
1st person we'll have driven we will have driven
2nd person you'll have driven you will have driven
3rd person they'll have driven they will have driven
Negative I won't have driven
Singular
1st person I won't have driven I will not have driven
2nd person you won't have driven you will not have driven
3rd person he/she/it won't have driven he/she/it will not have driven
Plural
1st person we won't have driven we will not have driven
2nd person you won't have driven you will not have driven
3rd person they won't have driven they will not have driven
Question +'ll I have driven?
Singular
1st person +'ll I have driven? will I have driven?
2nd person +'ll you have driven? will you have driven?
3rd person +'ll he/she/it have driven? will he/she/it have driven?
Plural
1st person +'ll we have driven? will we have driven?
2nd person +'ll you have driven? will you have driven?
3rd person +'ll they have driven? will they have driven?
Negative question won't I have driven?
Singular
1st person won't I have driven? will I not have driven?
2nd person won't you have driven? will you not have driven?
3rd person won't he/she/it have driven? will he/she/it not have driven?
Plural
1st person won't we have driven? will we not have driven?
2nd person won't you have driven? will you not have driven?
3rd person won't they have driven? will they not have driven?
Conditional perfect I'd have driven
Positive I'd have driven
Singular
1st person I'd have driven I would have driven
2nd person you'd have driven you would have driven
3rd person he/she/it'd have driven he/she/it would have driven
Plural
1st person we'd have driven we would have driven
2nd person you'd have driven you would have driven
3rd person they'd have driven they would have driven
Negative I wouldn't have driven
Singular
1st person I wouldn't have driven I would not have driven
2nd person you wouldn't have driven you would not have driven
3rd person he/she/it wouldn't have driven he/she/it would not have driven
Plural
1st person we wouldn't have driven we would not have driven
2nd person you wouldn't have driven you would not have driven
3rd person they wouldn't have driven they would not have driven
Question would I have driven?
Singular
1st person would I have driven?
2nd person would you have driven?
3rd person would he/she/it have driven?
Plural
1st person would we have driven?
2nd person would you have driven?
3rd person would they have driven?
Negative question wouldn't I have driven?
Singular
1st person wouldn't I have driven? would I not have driven?
2nd person wouldn't you have driven? would you not have driven?
3rd person wouldn't he/she/it have driven? would he/she/it not have driven?
Plural
1st person wouldn't we have driven? would we not have driven?
2nd person wouldn't you have driven? would you not have driven?
3rd person wouldn't they have driven? would they not have driven?
Imperative drive!
Positive
you drive!
we let's drive!
Negative
you don't drive!
we let's not drive!
Examples drive examples
How do I use drive in a sentence?
Simple sentences
Can you drive a car?
I'll drive you to the airport.
I'll drive you home.
Can you drive?
Do you know how to drive a car?
He refused my offer to drive him home.
She doesn't know how to drive a car.
Tom didn't want Mary to drive his car.
Do you know how to drive?
Tom can drive.
Tom won't be able to drive for a while.
You can't drive.
If you drink, don't drive. If you drive, don't drink.
Jimmy tried to cajole his parents into letting him drive across the country with his friends.
What. you still don't know how to drive?
You had better not drive a car.
You can drive a car, can't you?
Now that you have passed your test, you can drive on your own.
You'll be able to drive a car in a few days.
I'll teach you how to drive a car.
It is foolish of you to build a castle in the air while forgetting to drive in pilings for its foundation.
We'll go for a drive next Sunday.
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I'll drive Minjoo home and come back.
Drive faster, shit?!
The police are in Kampala, two days' drive away.
Okay, I'm coming. Scott, I am asking you to drive carpool for one day.
That's a hell of a long drive, but I don't think it can wait.
Uh, look, all we have to do is drive the body back, put him on the couch, call the paramedics, no one will be the wiser.
I'll take a drive over on my way home.
He's a personal friend of the Wadsworths, and when he has to work late in Brokenwood, he stays here so he doesn't have to drive all the way back to Riverstone.
Saw him drive off in his Captiva.
Then I don't see why you can't squeeze in your house calls between 11 and half past 12 and drive them all to Roehampton after that.
Theory's all very well and good, Sister, but lately, every time I've offered you a practice drive, you've made excuses and refused.
Off you pop, Mr Antoine, that forklift truck won't drive itself.
You drive a hard bargain.
Don't you see you're letting it drive a wedge between you and Spencer?
We're dealing with religions fanatics! We have to dominate them, or they'll drive us out and the British will take our place.
Let's rouse the tribes and drive the French out!
I only wanted to go for a ride and see how it felt to drive such a car.
I can drive a nail at 30 paces.
Drive on into the corral, Dave.
So drive down, my friends, and settle it.
Can drive a car better than any mug in the town.
Can you drive, Otero?
I'm going for a drive in the country with Karl.
Karl will drive us.
Drive carefully!
Our only chance of saving Miss Mina's life is to find the hiding place of Dracula's living corpse and to drive a stake through its heart.
I will find your earth box and drive that stake through your heart.
Get me a piece of stone, anything. It will help me drive the stake through their hearts.
Scott, I am asking you to drive carpool for one day.
I've offered you a practice drive, you've made excuses and refused.
I gave you that suit so you could drive home in it.
Count Chloride takes Edna and her father for a drive in the park.
The alarm spread.the jungle flared with fires lighted to drive off the natives black fear.
Is that any way to drive?
Let him drive any way he wants.
That's a pretty car, one day I would like to drive one.
And we've got to drive Nick out of this town.
ONE OF YOU FELLOWS GET UP FRONT AND DRIVE.
Now that I know you love me, how about letting me drive you home, huh?
News and current affairs
He was, in the true sense of the word, a self-made man, whose pluck, ambition, drive and inner belief in his destiny carried him to the pinnacle of his achievements.
While this system does provide incentives for certain kinds of research by making innovation profitable, it allows drug companies to drive up prices, and the incentives do not necessarily correspond to social returns.
As one scientist friend puts it: if you are driving on a mountain road, approaching a cliff, in a car whose brakes may fail, and a fog bank rolls in, should you drive more or less cautiously?
They would thus have little effect on the longer-term rates that really drive business investment.
Climate economists repeatedly have pointed out that such energy innovation is the most effective climate solution, because it is the surest way to drive the price of future green energy sources below that of fossil fuels.
Strong economic performance is somewhat surprising, given his party's interventionist policy approach, but Meles showed himself to be a consummate pragmatist in attracting investment - particularly from China - to drive growth.
Large purchases would drive up prices in the secondary market, defeating the point of the whole operation.
Underlying it all was a willingness to evolve - a drive for perfection through experimentation.
In advance of the upcoming G-8 summit, it is impossible to overlook the fact that, for the first time in seven decades, the United States cannot drive the international agenda or provide global leadership on all of today's most pressing problems.
Economists believe that market forces drive prices to fundamentals.
But does necessity really drive us so hard now?
But that would be so uncontrollable and dangerous for him as to be deeply implausible - unless we drive him to desperation.
And Iran, in its drive to protect its nuclear program from an Israeli-American attack, might be very active in supporting this ominous scenario.
The people who ran big business were often unscrupulous, and in some cases used their dominant market position to drive out their competitors - enabling the surviving firms subsequently to restrict supply and raise prices.
With lucrative deals at stake for the big-ticket products that drive the French economy - military hardware, nuclear power plants, and Airbus planes - France has a strong interest in a successful summit in India.
ASEAN's drive to establish a fully-fledged economic community has been underlined by implementation of its Priority Integration Sector Roadmaps.
The best-known examples are the magnets that drive the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) machines found in most hospitals.
Immigrants need to get to work and so they buy, sell, drive, and abandon cars in a parallel market.
The risk that a systemic financial crisis will drive a more pronounced US and global recession has quickly gone from being a theoretical possibility to becoming an increasingly plausible scenario.
They are placing their faith in their ability to wash their own dirty laundry and drive economic, social, and political change from the top down.
Nor are they allowed to walk in the streets, drive a car, or leave the country without the permission of a male guardian.
Saudi Arabia is the only country in the world that forbids women to drive cars.
The saddest part of the story is Israel's utter indifference to the need to build international legitimacy for its drive to stop Iran's nuclear program.
Nevertheless, investors around the world currently fear such a scenario, and this may create a self-fulfilling prophesy, because it helps to drive down the dollar, boost export demand, and make US imports more expensive.
The problem with the US drive to have key stakeholders join its anti-Iran crusade is that some of them live in neighborhoods where Iran is an important factor. India is a case in point.
Yes, a harsh sanctions regime might still gain additional supporters, but an Iran with its back against the wall would probably be even more obstinate in its nuclear drive.
The introduction of the euro was supposed to spur the less dynamic and competitive European economies, mostly in the south of the continent, to drive down their costs and increase their competitiveness.
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