Drive and Progress

Drive

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

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Progress and drive are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Progress" instead the word "Drive" as a verb or a noun.

Nearby Words: driving, driven, driver, driveway

Progress verb - To move forward along a course.

Usage example: our wedding plans are progressing nicely

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Drive and progress are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Drive" instead the word "Progress" as a verb or a noun.

human	human drive	human progress
active	active drive	active progress
actual	actual drive	actual progress
slow	slow drive	slow progress
Other adjectives: little, personal, new, major, last, said.

character	drive character	progress character
power	drive power	progress power
plot	drive plot	progress plot
way	drive way	progress way
Other words: story, forces, plots.

But... Dark Is Not Evil: The game states that darkness is the element associated most with progress and drive.

Source: Video Game / MARDEK
Be glad though that you don't have to view the cutscenes again to get them; just a drive over the spots will count towards progress.

Source: Video Game / The Crew
He also notes that humanity's drive to succeed has enabled us to progress faster in technology than any other race, who are only ahead of us because they are millennia older.

Source: Patrick Stewart Speech

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