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

  • (..) - She's moving there. Yes, we are splitting up. Buddy. I'm so sorry. Yes. According to her, I'm... too focused on my career. As if being driven to succeed is... some sort of a character flaw. Well, she certainly did take advantage of the lifestyle my success afforded her. Ooh! Ha. Wow. (..)
    1999 American Beauty