# driven

Pronunciation: say "DRIV-uhn" /ˈdɹɪvn̩/

## Verb

1. Past participle of drive. — past participle of drive
   - Simple: Past participle of drive. Use this form after has, have, or had, or after is, was, or were.
   - _By midnight the storm had driven everyone indoors._
   - _The herd was driven across the river by experienced hands._

## Adjective

2. Powerfully motivated to succeed, often to the point of obsession.
   - Simple: Always working hard and refusing to give up until you reach your goals.
   - _The young entrepreneur was so driven that she rarely took a day off._
   - _Driven athletes train through pain that would stop most people._
3. Of snow, heaped into drifts by the action of the wind.
   - Simple: Of snow that the wind has blown into deep piles or banks.
   - _By morning, driven snow had buried the fence along the north side of the barn._
   - _The hikers struggled across a field of driven snow piled chest-high._

## Origin

Formed from the verb "drive" with the past participle ending "-en".

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/driven (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).