Drive and Forward

Drive

Drive verb - To urge, push, or force onward.

Forward and drive are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Forward" instead a verb "Drive".

Nearby Words: driving, driven, driver, driveway

Forward

Forward verb - To help the growth or development of.

Drive and forward are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Drive" instead a verb "Forward".

Common collocations

plot drive plot forward plot
message drive message forward message

Both words in one sentence

  • Reactionless Drive One of the drive systems in Ascendancy is a gravity drive which works by projecting gravitons in front of the ship, which then pull the ship forward.
  • In the Star Carrier series Space Fighters' main drive system is a singularity drive, which generates a high-gravity field ahead of the ship to pull it forward.
  • Jack-of-All-Stats The Tarka, meanwhile, has the hyperdrive, the most straight-forward FTL drive, but it isn't particularly fast in any era.
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