driver

Everyday

1. A person who drives a car, bus, truck or train. tree →
2. A program that helps a computer use a device (device driver). tree →
3. A golf club used for long shots. tree →
4. Something that makes something else happen: "a driver of change". tree →

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 →
• Make sure the driver can see you. tree →
• My dad is a careful driver. tree →
• The truck driver delivered the parcels. tree →
• A racing driver goes very fast. tree →
• Learner drivers have an L plate. tree →
• Never get into a car with a driver you don't know. tree →
• Install the printer driver. tree →
• And the driver of the wagon? tree →

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 Jewish tradition

In Job, a person who drives animals; in Samuel, those who steered war chariots. In the primary 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

• He scorneth the tumult of the city, neither heareth he the shoutings of the driver. (Writings JOB.39.7, JPS 1917) tree →
• And the Arameans fled before Israel; and David slew of the Arameans seven hundred drivers of chariots, and forty thousand horsemen, and smote Shobach the captain of their host, so that he died there. (Prophets 2SA.10.18, JPS 1917) tree →

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.