driver

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/ˈdɹaɪ.və/

noun

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In plain English

01
noun
A person who controls a vehicle.
02
noun
A computer program that controls a device.

Examples

He made a rude gesture at the driver of the other car.
I think you'll have very little difficulty in getting a driver's license.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses: 5
Parts of speech: 1
Citations: 5

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noun

Extra meanings

One who drives something.
A person who drives a motorized vehicle such as a car, truck, bus, train, forklift, etc.
A person who drives livestock: a drover.

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In context

You're still too young to get a driver's license.
The driver engages the follower intermittently, as dictated by the solenoid.
The driver will make an announcement when the trip is nearing its completion.

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The bus blank carefully navigated the narrow streets of the old town.

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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 […]
2016, John Swain, Digging Up The Pitmen, page 164
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.
2022 September 10, Matt McFarland, “Why your car’s speedometer goes up to 160 mph (even when your car can’t)”, in CNN Business
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.
2024 December 25, Elaine S. Povich, “Self-driving cars aren’t here yet, but states are getting the rules ready”, in West Virginia Watch
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.
2014, Bridgette Wessels, Exploring Social Change: Process and Context, page 106
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.
2020 December 16, “Network News: "Robust case" for Fawley branch reopening”, in Rail, page 14

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Origin

noun

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”).

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The bus blank— carefully navigated the narrow streets of the old town.

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noun

The bus blank carefully navigated the narrow streets of the old town.