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

  • (..) Get back on! Jesus! Tabes! Come here. quick! Aye. aye. sir. l mean. yes. Mac! Take it easy. Charlie. Have you ever driven one ot these things? -Driven one ot.... -Yeah. No. Mac. Well. it's a lot ot tun. Come on over here. (..)
    1975 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest