"driven" meaning in English

See driven in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈdɹɪvn̩/ Audio: en-us-driven.ogg [US] Forms: more driven [comparative], most driven [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɪvən Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰreybʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *drībaną Proto-West Germanic *drīban Old English drīfan Middle English driven English drive English -en English driven From drive + -en. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|drive|-en<id:-past participle>|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰreybʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *drībaną Proto-West Germanic *drīban Old English drīfan Middle English driven English drive English -en English driven [Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*dʰreybʰ-", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*drībaną", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-West Germanic", "term" : "*drīban", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gmw-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Old English", "term" : "drīfan", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ang" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "driven", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "drive", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }, { "id" : "-past participle", "children" : [ ], "status" : "missing", "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-en", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "driven", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="driven"> From drive + -en. Head templates: {{en-adj}} driven (comparative more driven, superlative most driven)
  1. Obsessed; passionately motivated to achieve goals. Translations (obsessed; passionately motivated to achieve goals): gedreven (Dutch), devigita (Esperanto)
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  2. Formed into snowdrifts by wind. (of snow)
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Translations ((mechanical sense)): impulsado (Spanish), propulsado (Spanish), propelido (Spanish), impelido (Spanish), conducido (Spanish)
Categories (other): Personality Disambiguation of Personality: 0 0 0 Hyponyms: axle-driven, behavior-driven, behaviour-driven, belt-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 Derived forms: domain-driven design, drivenness, indriven, keyword-driven testing, message-driven architecture, model-driven architecture, model-driven testing, overdriven, resume-driven development, test-driven development, undriven, white as driven snow, white as the driven snow Disambiguation of '(mechanical sense)': 0 0

Verb

IPA: /ˈdɹɪvn̩/ Audio: en-us-driven.ogg [US]
Rhymes: -ɪvən Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰreybʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *drībaną Proto-West Germanic *drīban Old English drīfan Middle English driven English drive English -en English driven From drive + -en. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|drive|-en<id:-past participle>|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰreybʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *drībaną Proto-West Germanic *drīban Old English drīfan Middle English driven English drive English -en English driven [Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*dʰreybʰ-", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*drībaną", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-West Germanic", "term" : "*drīban", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gmw-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Old English", "term" : "drīfan", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ang" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "driven", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "drive", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }, { "id" : "-past participle", "children" : [ ], "status" : "missing", "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-en", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "driven", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="driven"> From drive + -en. Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} driven
  1. past participle of drive Tags: form-of, participle, past Form of: drive
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Categories (other): Personality Disambiguation of Personality: 0 0 0

Alternative forms

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      "word": "belt-driven"
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