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driven
[ driv-uhn ]
adjective
- being under compulsion, as to succeed or excel:
a driven young man who was fiercely competitive.
- controlled or propelled by something specified (used in combination):
a market-driven approach to retaining talent; data-driven business strategies; a water pump that is solar driven.
driven
/ ˈɪə /
verb
- the past participle of drive
Other Word Forms
- IJ·Ա noun
- ܲ·IJ adjective
- ɱ-IJ adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of driven1
Idioms and Phrases
see pure as the driven snow .Example Sentences
Unlike relative sea-level rise that’s driven more gradually by climate change, a rise resulting from a major earthquake “will happen within minutes, leaving no time for adaptation or mitigation.”
A report by Freedom House's China Dissent Monitor claims that protests driven by financial grievances saw a steep increase in the last few months.
Trump's tariff plans have driven a stock market sell-off and raised fears of economic recession.
Thirty-three years ago they were all hungry, driven, talented teenagers with the desire to reach the top.
The private equity firm’s focus on investing in Latino brands, Greif said, is driven in part by the nation’s large and fast-growing Latino population.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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