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# driver

«driver» in Mova's school dictionary: **A person who drives a car, bus, truck or train** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (driver, drivers)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A person who drives a car, bus, truck or train. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/driver/#m1)

2) A program that helps a computer use a device (device driver). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/driver/#m2)

3) A golf club used for long shots. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/driver/#m3)

4) Something that makes something else happen: "a driver of change". [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/driver/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life and road safety: drivers might not see children; wait until the driver sees you and stops before crossing; bus drivers help you get on and off safely. Phrases: bus driver, taxi driver, racing driver, learner driver, the driver's seat.

### examples

- The bus driver waved to us. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/driver/#x1)
- Make sure the driver can see you. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/driver/#x2)
- My dad is a careful driver. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/driver/#x3)
- The truck driver delivered the parcels. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/driver/#x4)
- A racing driver goes very fast. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/driver/#x5)
- Learner drivers have an L plate. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/driver/#x6)
- Never get into a car with a driver you don't know. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/driver/#x7)
- Install the printer driver. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/driver/#x8)
- And the driver of the wagon? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/driver/#x9)

### note

-er means a person who does something: drive → driver. Drivers sit on the left in the USA and Canada, on the right in the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand, because traffic drives on different sides.

### In the corpora

- [Night shifts mean working through the night and sleeping in the day; nurses, drivers, bakers and warehouse workers often do them.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/2-shifts-nights-and-other-ways-of-working/6/)
- [A siren and flashing blue lights mean police are rushing to an emergency, and other drivers must pull over to let them through.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/30-police-courts-and-prison/5/)
- [A speed camera photographs cars going over the limit, and the driver must pay a fine and may get points on their licence.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/30-police-courts-and-prison/15/)
- [A learner driver has L plates and a grown-up beside them; check before you accuse anyone of breaking the law.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/42-our-street-feuds-newcomers-and-stories-that-grow/16/)
- [He thinks he is «a heaven-born driver» whom nobody can teach.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/38-willows-ch4-part2-toad-news-and-hedgehogs/17/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «driver» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/driver/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.