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driven

[ driv-uhn ]

verb

  1. past participle of drive.


adjective

  1. being under compulsion, as to succeed or excel:

    a driven young man who was fiercely competitive.

  2. 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

  1. the past participle of drive
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Word Forms

  • IJ·Ա noun
  • ܲ·IJ adjective
  • ɱ-IJ adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of driven1

First recorded in 1300–50, for the adjective for an earlier sense
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Idioms and Phrases

see pure as the driven snow .
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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.”

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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.

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Trump's tariff plans have driven a stock market sell-off and raised fears of economic recession.

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Thirty-three years ago they were all hungry, driven, talented teenagers with the desire to reach the top.

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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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