driven

Definition

  • adjective: very determined to succeed
  • adjective: having a compulsive or urgent quality
  • past participle of 'drive'
  • used in combination
  • synonyms: ambitious, nonvoluntary, unvoluntary

Examples

  • Thousands of people have been 'driven' from their homes. [=have been forced to leave their homes]

  • The family was 'driven out' of the neighborhood by rising real estate prices.

  • a steam-'driven' turbine [=a turbine that gets its power from steam]

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) the Westfold, burning as they go. Rick, cot and tree. Where is Mama? This is but a taste of the terror that Saruman will unleash. All the more potent for he is driven now by fear of Sauron. Ride out and meet him head on. Draw him away from your women and children. You must fight. (..)
    2002 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers