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—drivenness, n./driv"euhn/, v.1. pp. of drive.adj.2. being under compulsion, as to succeed or excel: a driven young man who was fiercely competitive.
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-driven — [ drıvn ] suffix used with some nouns to make adjectives meaning strongly influenced or caused by something: a market driven economy … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
driven — driven; un·driven; … English syllables
-driven — UK [drɪv(ə)n] US suffix used with some nouns to make adjectives meaning strongly influenced or caused by something a market driven economy Thesaurus: suffixeshyponym … Useful english dictionary
driven — (adj.) motivated, by 1972, pp. adjective from DRIVE (Cf. drive) (v.) … Etymology dictionary
