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Definition/Meaning

(adjective)

Filled with energy and determination to achieve something.

e.g. She's a driven entrepreneur who built her business from scratch.

(adjective)

controlled/influenced, operated, or moved by a particular force or agent, determined or fueled by a particular feeling or factor;

e.g. Superhero movies are often action-driven, so it doesn't always matter if you don't hear the dialogue. The novel has a revenge-driven plot, where the main character seeks payback for crimes done to her.

(verb)

controlled or operated a motor vehicle and determined its speed and direction, been licensed to operate a vehicle, or taken someone to a place in a motor vehicle;

e.g. I have never driven such a large car, but I am sure I can learn. He has driven them to the mall several times.

(verb)

served as a motivating or compelling factor to make someone perform a particular action or feel a certain way, especially when the action or feeling is negative or undesirable;

e.g. She was eventually driven to reject their requests because they were no longer being reasonable. They were driven to desperation by their difficult circumstances.

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Similar Words

Besetting

Blasted

Blown

Compulsive

Forced

Impulsive

Made

Muscled

Obsessive

Run

Thrust

Triggered

Worked

Wrought

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Opposite Words

Broken

Controlled

Drawn

Let

Manageable

Repressed

Resistible

Restrained

Satisfied

Unforced

Voluntary

Willful

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Related Words

Accelerated

Automatic

Browbeat

Capricious

Charged

Compressed

Conditioned

Depressed

Done

Fermented

Fired

Forced

Galvanized

Gone

Inspired

Instinctive

Intimidated

Involuntary

Irrepressible

Knee-jerk

Mechanical

Motivated

Muscled

Outrun

Raised

Reflex

Rid

Ridden

Rode

Spontaneous

Spurred

Streaked

Threatened

Triggered

Unconscious

Uncontrollable

Unpredictable

Unthinking

Unwitting

Wheeled

Whimsical

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