HOW TO PRONOUNCE
driven
/ˈdɹɪvən/
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What does driven mean?
verb
- past participle of drive
adjective
- Obsessed; passionately motivated to achieve goals.
- Formed into snowdrifts by wind. (of snow)
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈdɹɪvən/
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And they have sought to take away the life of my father, insomuch that they have driven him out of the land.
“I’ve been in great trouble, neighbours, and was driven to it. I used not to be so poor as I be now.”
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There were groups of cattle being driven to the chutes, which were roadways about fifteen feet wide, raised high above the pens.
I explained the circumstances of the past two days, which had driven me to the woods, and he deeply compassionated my distress.
She had driven her husband away, and while I taught school a strange man lived there, big and jovial, and people talked.