driving force

driving force noun: impetus; a person or thing that causes, stimulates, or motivates something to happen.

Noun

driving force (plural driving forces)

Impetus; a person or thing that causes, stimulates, or motivates something to happen.
- Many authors see a digital revolution taking place today and stress that this is a driving force behind many changes in companies.2003, Manja Ledderhos, Strategy on Multiple Channels, →ISBN
- Every living creature has a driving force that pushes him in the direction of certain goals.2012, Hugh Downs, Yours Truly, Hugh Downs, →ISBN
Synonyms:

spearhead
The force that causes something to move or a physical process to occur.
- Diffusing particles experience a drift motion in addition to random diffusion, when an external driving force is applied.2007, Helmut Mehrer, Diffusion in Solids, →ISBN, page 178
- The total driving force is the sum of two forces: an electrical force (e.g. the negative potential in the cell tends to pull in positively charged ions) and a diffusion force (based on the concentration gradient) (fig. 3-5).2013, Nicholas Sperelakis, Physiology and Pathophysiology of the Heart, →ISBN, page 67

உந்தும் விசை, உந்து விசை

Sheikh Mohammed is the driving force behind the transformation of Dubai into one of the great cities of the modern world: a hub for business and tourism, and the world's gateway to the Middle East.2015, Mohammed bin Maktoum, Flashes of Thought, →ISBN:
Marples, who later fled to Monaco to escape prosecution for fraud, was the driving force behind The Reshaping of British Railways report published on March 27 1963.2023 March 8, Howard Johnston, “Was Marples the real railway wrecker?”, in RAIL, number 978, page 50:
The ions transport through the fuel cell electrolytes under the influence of both electrical potential gradient and concentration gradient as the driving forces.2016, Shripad T. Revankar, Pradip Majumdar, Fuel Cells: Principles, Design, and Analysis, →ISBN, page 277:

plural	driving forces

What does driving force mean?: Driving force means impetus; a person or thing that causes, stimulates, or motivates something to happen.
What is driving force in Tamil?: Driving force in Tamil is உந்தும் விசை, உந்து விசை. See Driving force meaning in Tamil.
How do you use driving force in a sentence?: Sheikh Mohammed is the driving force behind the transformation of Dubai into one of the great cities of the modern world: a hub for business and tourism, and the world's gateway to the Middle East.
What part of speech is driving force?: Driving force is a noun.
What is the plural of driving force?: The plural of driving force is driving forces.

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Last updated: 2026-09-02

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