driven

English

Etymology

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Middle English driven

English drive

English -en

English driven

From drive + -en.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɹɪvn̩/

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• Rhymes: -ɪvən

Verb

driven

1. past participle of drive

Adjective

driven (comparative more driven, superlative most driven)

1. Obsessed; passionately motivated to achieve goals.

   highly driven

   driven person

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

Antonyms

• non-driven, nondriven

Hyponyms

• axle-driven
• behavior-driven
• behaviour-driven
• belt-driven
• chain-driven
• community-driven
• compiler-driven
• data-driven
• demand-driven
• destination-driven
• domain-driven
• event-driven
• fulldriven
• model-driven
• performance-driven
• quote-driven
• servo-driven
• space-driven
• test-driven
• wind-driven

Derived terms

• domain-driven design
• drivenness
• indriven
• keyword-driven testing
• message-driven architecture
• message-driven bean
• model-driven architecture
• model-driven testing
• overdriven
• resume-driven development
• test-driven development
• undriven
• white as driven snow
• white as the driven snow

Translations

obsessed; passionately motivated to achieve goals — see also ambitious,‎ motivated,‎ resolute,‎ determined

• Dutch: gedreven (nl)
• Esperanto: devigita
• Polish: zdeterminowany (pl)

(mechanical sense)

• Polish: poruszany, napędzany
• Spanish: impulsado (es), propulsado (es), propelido, impelido (es), conducido (es)

Anagrams

• Verdin, Virden, verdin

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch drīvan, from Proto-Germanic *drībaną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdriːvən/

Verb

driven

1. to drive, to push (forward)
2. to drive (to do something)
3. to do, to perform
4. to float

Inflection

Conjugation of driven (strong class 1)

infinitive	base form	driven
	genitive	drivens
	dative	drivene
		indicative			subjunctive
		present	past		present	past
1st person singular		drive	drêef		drive	drēve
2nd person singular		drijfs, drives	drēefs, drēves		drijfs, drives	drēves
3rd person singular		drijft, drivet	drêef		drive	drēve
1st person plural		driven	drēven		driven	drēven
2nd person plural		drijft, drivet	drēeft, drēvet		drijft, drivet	drēvet
3rd person plural		driven	drēven		driven	drēven
		imperative
singular		drijf, drive
plural		drijft, drivet
		present	past
participle		drivende	gedrēven

Descendants

• Dutch: drijven
  • Afrikaans: dryf, drywe
  • Papiamentu: drif
• Limburgish: drieve

Further reading

• “driven”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “driven”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

Middle English

Verb

driven

1. alternative form of dryven

Swedish

Participle

driven

1. past participle of driva

Adjective

driven (not comparable)

1. driven, operated

Declension

Inflection of driven

Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative1
common singular	driven	—	—
neuter singular	drivet	—	—
plural	drivna	—	—
masculine plural2	drivne	—	—
Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular3	drivne	—	—
all	drivna	—	—

¹ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
² Dated or archaic.
³ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

Derived terms

• atomdriven
• bakhjulsdriven
• banddriven
• batteridriven
• bensindriven
• bortdriven
• dieseldriven
• durkdriven
• eldriven
• etanoldriven
• framhjulsdriven
• fyrhjulsdriven
• gasdriven
• gasoldriven
• handdriven
• hopdriven
• ilanddriven
• jetdriven
• kedjedriven
• luftdriven
• maskindriven
• motordriven
• propellerdriven
• remdriven
• soldriven
• stormdriven
• trampdriven
• tryckluftsdriven
• tvåhjulsdriven
• uppdriven
• vattendriven
• vinddriven
• ångdriven
• överdriven

Anagrams

• drivne, indrev, vriden