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

  • (..) of Resistance. ...that you are the most important, most talented... ...and most extraordinary person in the universe. Uh, sorry. Never driven a motorcycle. Sorry! - Wow, he's amazing. - Aah! You're even better than the prophecy said you'd be. (..)
    2014 The Lego Movie