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Definition of "driven" []
- Past participle of drive. (verb)
- Piled up or carried along by a current: driven snow. (adjective)
- Motivated by or having a compulsive quality or need: a driven person. (adjective)
- Caused, sustained, or stimulated: an export-driven economic recovery. (adjective)
- Powered, operated, or controlled: a piston-driven airplane; a menu-driven software program. (adjective)
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Use "driven" in a sentence
- "The same appears to be, "That are not driven to behold those wretched cares, which I _am driven_, &c.""
- "But the awful events ended not there: the royal object of that great day's pageant is himself gone to another world; and the Duchess d'Angoulême, again driven from the throne of her ancestors, has once more become a hopeless exile!"
- "We think part of the reason for that is it's a title driven business and the titles that we've had in the marketplace are strong and attractive and there's brand value as well."
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