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How to spell drive

Drive is spelled D-R-I-V-E.

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What it means: A journey in a vehicle (usually an automobile).

In a sentence: We went for a drive in the car to see the ducks at the park.

Same family: driver, driving, drove, driven. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: The word “drive” comes from Old English “drīfan,” meaning to push or force something to move. Golfers later used the same word for the strong opening hit that ‘drives’ the ball down the fairway.

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