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Webster 1913 Edition


Driven

Driv′en

,
p.
p.
of
Drive
. Also adj.
Driven well
,
a well made by driving a tube into the earth to an aqueous stratum; – called also
drive well
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Driven

DRIVEN

,
pp.
Drivn. [from drive.] Urged forward by force; impelled to move; constrained by necessity.

Definition 2024


driven

driven

English

Verb

driven

  1. past participle of drive

Adjective

driven (comparative more driven, superlative most driven)

  1. Obsessed; passionately motivated to achieve goals.
  2. (of snow) Formed into snowdrifts by wind.

Hyponyms


Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch drīvan, from Proto-Germanic *drībaną.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdriːvən/

Verb

driven

  1. to drive, to push (forward)
  2. to drive (to do something)
  3. to do, to perform
  4. to float

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants


Swedish

Etymology

past participle of driva.

Adjective

driven

  1. driven, operated

Declension

Inflection of driven
Indefinite/attributive Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular driven
Neuter singular drivet
Plural drivna
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 drivne
All drivna
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in an attributive role.