Driven

/ˈdɹɪvən/

verb

  1. To provide an impetus for motion or other physical change, to move an object by means of the provision of force thereto.

    You drive nails into wood with a hammer.

  2. To provide an impetus for a non-physical change, especially a change in one's state of mind.

    My wife's constant harping about the condition of the house threatens to drive me to distraction.

  3. To displace either physically or non-physically, through the application of force.

Synonyms: move, operate, make, render, send, compel, force, oblige

adjective

  1. Obsessed; passionately motivated to achieve goals.

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

driven

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