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driven driv·en

Spelling: [driv-uh n]

IPA: /ˈdrɪv ən/

Driven is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 112 anagrams from letters in driven (deinrv).

Definitions for driven

noun

1. the act of driving.
2. a trip in a vehicle, especially a short pleasure trip:
3. an impelling along, as of game, cattle, or floating logs, in a particular direction.
4. the animals, logs, etc., thus driven.
5. Psychology. an inner urge that stimulates activity or inhibition; a basic or instinctive need:
6. a vigorous onset or onward course toward a goal or objective:
7. a strong military offensive.
8. a united effort to accomplish some specific purpose, especially to raise money, as for a charity.
9. energy and initiative:
10. vigorous pressure or effort, as in business.
11. a road for vehicles, especially a scenic one, as in or along a park, or a short one, as an approach to a house.
12. Machinery. a driving mechanism, as of an automobile:
13. Automotive. the point or points of power application to the roadway:
14. Sports. an act or instance of driving a ball, puck, shuttlecock, or the like. the flight of such a ball, puck, shuttlecock, or the like, that has been driven with much force.
15. Golf. a shot, especially with a driver or driving iron from the tee, that is intended to carry a great distance.
16. a hunt in which game is driven toward stationary hunters.
17. Electronics. excitation (def 5).

verb

1. past participle of drive.

Idioms

1. let drive, to aim a blow or missile at; attack:

adjective

1. being under compulsion, as to succeed or excel:
2. controlled or propelled by something specified (used in combination):
3. noting or pertaining to a part of a machine or vehicle used for its propulsion.

Verb phrases

1. drive at, to attempt or intend to convey; allude to; suggest:

verb (used with object)

1. to send, expel, or otherwise cause to move by force or compulsion:
2. to cause and guide the movement of (a vehicle, an animal, etc.):
3. to convey in a vehicle:
4. to force to work or act:
5. to impel; constrain; urge; compel.
6. to carry (business, an agreement, etc.) vigorously through:
7. to keep (machinery) going.
8. Baseball. to cause the advance of (a base runner) by a base hit or sacrifice fly: to cause (a run) to be scored by a base hit or sacrifice fly:
9. Golf. to hit (a golf ball), especially from the tee, as with a driver or driving iron:
10. Sports. to hit or propel (a ball, puck, shuttlecock, etc.) very hard. to kick (a ball) with much force.
11. Hunting. to chase (game). to search (a district) for game.
12. to float (logs) down a river or stream.
13. (in mining, construction, etc.) to excavate (a mine or tunnel heading).

verb (used without object)

1. to cause and guide the movement of a vehicle or animal, especially to operate an automobile.
2. to go or travel in a driven vehicle:
3. Golf. to hit a golf ball, especially from the tee, as with a driver or driving iron:
4. to strive vigorously toward a goal or objective; to work, play, or try wholeheartedly and with determination.
5. to go along before an impelling force; be impelled:
6. to rush or dash violently.

Origin of driven

before 900; Middle English drīven, Old English drīfan; cognate with Dutch drijven, Old Norse drīfa, Gothic dreiban, German treiben

Examples for driven

When he had come too near he had been driven away by the heat.

Strive and grope as he would, the thing had driven him on relentlessly.

It has driven the white people of Europe to the ends of the earth.

Eating disorders, on the other hand, are driven largely by biological processes that occur on the inside.

Hunger and cold seemed to have driven them from their former homes.

He took a cab and was driven to the local branch of his favourite temple of chance.

Within a few years, Iran had jailed or driven from the country more than 60 Sunni clerics.

Women like (gaming blogger Anita Sarkeesian) were threatened, doxxed, and driven from their homes.

The GOP is driven in part by the fact, that three years ago, public sector union members became the majority of union members.

The execution of two police officers in cold blood has shocked the city and driven a deeper wedge between the cops and the mayor.