- a person who drives a vehicle
- a bus/train/taxi driver
- a car/van driver
- an ambulance driver
- a good/careful driver
- She climbed into the driver's seat.
- The accident was the other driver's fault.
- Police have warned drivers to take care in the icy conditions.
- (British English) a learner driver (= one who has not yet passed a driving test)
- (North American English) a student driver
- (British English) a lorry driver
- (especially North American English) a truck driver
- What he wanted most was to be a racing driver.
- The car comes equipped with a driver's airbag.
- The driver of the other car walked away from the crash with minor cuts and bruises.
Extra ExamplesTopics Transport by car or lorrya1, Jobsa1- a campaign aimed at car drivers to promote walking and cycling
- Dangerous drivers face imprisonment.
- She's a good driver.
- He told the driver to turn back.
- She was run over by a hit-and-run driver.
- She's an experienced and careful driver.
- The ambassador and his driver were both killed in the explosion.
- The window on the driver's side was open.
- There are parking places for disabled drivers.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- careful
- good
- safe
- …
- (in golf ) a club with a large head, used for hitting the ball long distances from the teeTopics Sports: ball and racket sportsc2
- (computing) software that controls the sending of data between a computer and a piece of equipment that is attached to it, such as a printer
- I downloaded and installed the drivers.
- one of the main things that influence something or cause it to make progress
- Housing is a key driver of the economy.
- Young people are widely perceived as the big pop industry drivers.
see also slave-driver
Idioms
See driver in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee driver in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic Englishbe in the driver’s seat (North American English)
(British English be in the driving seat)
- to be the person in control of a situation
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