"driven" meaning in English

See driven in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈdɹɪvən/ Audio: en-us-driven.ogg Forms: more driven [comparative], most driven [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɪvən Etymology: Morphologically drive + -n. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|drive|n<id:past participle>}} drive + -n 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): devigita (Esperanto), motivado (Spanish), resuelto (Spanish), determinado (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-driven-en-adj-N4my28Ss Categories (other): English adjectives ending in -en, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English adjectives ending in -en: 59 34 7 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 61 37 1 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 82 18 0 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 82 18 0 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 79 21 0 Disambiguation of 'obsessed; passionately motivated to achieve goals': 98 2
  2. Formed into snowdrifts by wind. (of snow)
    Sense id: en-driven-en-adj-P6bH336K
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
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, 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: /ˈdɹɪvən/ Audio: en-us-driven.ogg
Rhymes: -ɪvən Etymology: Morphologically drive + -n. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|drive|n<id:past participle>}} drive + -n Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} driven
  1. past participle of drive Tags: form-of, participle, past Form of: drive
    Sense id: en-driven-en-verb-nD6uFv-0 Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -n (past participle) Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -n (past participle): 24 8 68
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Personality Disambiguation of Personality: 0 0 0

Alternative forms

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