"driven" meaning in English

See driven in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈdɹɪvən/ Audio: en-us-driven.ogg [US] Forms: more driven [comparative], most driven [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɪvən Etymology: Morphologically drive + -n. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|drive|n}} drive + -n Head templates: {{en-adj}} driven (comparative more driven, superlative most driven)
  1. Obsessed; passionately motivated to achieve goals.
    Sense id: en-driven-en-adj-N4my28Ss
  2. Formed into snowdrifts by wind. (of snow)
    Sense id: en-driven-en-adj-P6bH336K
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: domain-driven design, keyword-driven testing, message-driven architecture, model-driven architecture, model-driven testing, resume-driven development, test-driven development, white as driven snow, white as the driven snow
Hyponyms: axle-driven, behavior-driven, behaviour-driven, chain-driven, community-driven, compiler-driven, data-driven, demand-driven, destination-driven, domain-driven, event-driven, fulldriven, model-driven, performance-driven, quote-driven, servo-driven, space-driven, test-driven, wind-driven

Verb

IPA: /ˈdɹɪvən/ Audio: en-us-driven.ogg [US]
Rhymes: -ɪvən Etymology: Morphologically drive + -n. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|drive|n}} drive + -n Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} driven
  1. past participle of drive Tags: form-of, participle, past Form of: drive Categories (topical): Personality
    Sense id: en-driven-en-verb-nD6uFv-0 Disambiguation of Personality: 15 8 77 Categories (other): English adjectives ending in -en, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -n Disambiguation of English adjectives ending in -en: 29 19 52 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 18 57 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 25 17 57 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -n: 29 14 58

Alternative forms

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