driven
Meanings
Verb
- operate or control a vehicle
- travel or be transported in a vehicle
- cause someone or something to move by driving
- force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically
- to compel or force or urge relentlessly or exert coercive pressure on, or motivate strongly
- "She is driven by her passion"
- cause to move back by force or influence
- compel somebody to do something, often against his own will or judgment
- push, propel, or press with force
- cause to move rapidly by striking or throwing with force
- strive and make an effort to reach a goal
- move into a desired direction of discourse
- have certain properties when driven
- work as a driver
- move by being propelled by a force
- urge forward
- proceed along in a vehicle
- strike with a driver, as in teeing off
- hit very hard, as by swinging a bat horizontally
- excavate horizontally
- cause to function by supplying the force or power for or by controlling
- hunting: search for game
- hunting: chase from cover into more open ground
- past participle of drive
Adjective Satellite
- compelled forcibly by an outside agency
- urged or forced to action through moral pressure
- strongly motivated to succeed
Adj
- Obsessed; passionately motivated to achieve goals.
- Formed into snowdrifts by wind. (of snow)
Origin / Etymology
Morphologically drive + -n.
Synonyms
aim, beat back, compulsive, determined, drive, force, force back, get, goaded, impelled, labor, labour, motor, push, push back, ram, repel, repulse, ride, take, tug
Scrabble Score: 10
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