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

  • (..) Now and then, yes. OK... - How did you get this? - By looking. Where? The killer must have driven her to Lauriston Gardens. He could only keep her case by accident if it was in a car. Nobody could be seen with this case without drawing attention - (..)
    2010 TvShow: Sherlock Title: A Study in Pink Season: 1 Episode 1
  • (..) - Why are you saying that? - Her case! Come on, where is her case? Did she eat it Someone else was here and they took her case. So the killer must have driven here. Forgot the case was in the car. She could have checked into a hotel, left it there. No, she never got to the hotel. Look at her hair. (..)
    2010 TvShow: Sherlock Title: A Study in Pink Season: 1 Episode 1