adj, verb ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   past participle of drive form-of, participle, past

Adjective

1. 1
   Obsessed; passionately motivated to achieve goals.

   "highly driven"

2. 2
   Formed into snowdrifts by wind. (of snow)

Adjective

1. 1
   strongly motivated to succeed wordnet
2. 2
   urged or forced to action through moral pressure wordnet
3. 3
   compelled forcibly by an outside agency wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

abuzzactiveambitiousanimatecompulsivedetermined

Antonyms

All antonyms

enervatedextinctlithernon-driven

Example

More examples

"The clouds were driven away by the wind."

Etymology

Morphologically drive + -n.

Related phrases

domain-driven designkeyword-driven testingmessage-driven architecturemodel-driven architecturemodel-driven testingresume-driven developmenttest-driven developmentwhite as driven snowwhite as the driven snow

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