Driven
/ˈdɹɪvən/
Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Scrabble:10 ptsWWF:12 pts6 letters
Definition of Driven
verb
- To provide an impetus for motion or other physical change, to move an object by means of the provision of force thereto.
"You drive nails into wood with a hammer."
- To provide an impetus for a non-physical change, especially a change in one's state of mind.
"My wife's constant harping about the condition of the house threatens to drive me to distraction."
- To displace either physically or non-physically, through the application of force.
- To cause intrinsic motivation through the application or demonstration of force: to impel or urge onward thusly, to compel to move on, to coerce, intimidate or threaten.
- (especially of animals) To impel or urge onward by force; to push forward; to compel to move on.
"to drive twenty thousand head of cattle from Texas to the Kansas railheads; to drive sheep out of a field"
adjective
- Obsessed; passionately motivated to achieve goals.
- (of snow) Formed into snowdrifts by wind.
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