Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Piled up or carried along by a current.
- adjective Motivated by or having a compulsive quality or need.
- adjective Caused, sustained, or stimulated.
- adjective Powered, operated, or controlled.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Past participle of drive.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- past participle of
drive . Alsoadj . - past participle a well made by driving a tube into the earth to an aqueous stratum; -- called also
drive well .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Past participle of
drive - adjective
Obsessed ;passionately motivated toachieve goals . - adjective of snow Formed into
snowdrifts bywind .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective strongly motivated to succeed
- adjective compelled forcibly by an outside agency
- adjective urged or forced to action through moral pressure
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Examples
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The same appears to be, "That are not driven to behold those wretched cares, which I _am driven_, &c."
A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 2 William Carew Hazlitt 1873
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But the awful events ended not there: the royal object of that great day's pageant is himself gone to another world; and the Duchess d'Angoulême, again driven from the throne of her ancestors, has once more become a hopeless exile!
The Scottish Chiefs 1875
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We think part of the reason for that is it's a title driven business and the titles that we've had in the marketplace are strong and attractive and there's brand value as well.
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We think part of the reason for that is it's a title driven business and the titles that we've had in the marketplace are strong and attractive and there's brand value as well.
pfblogs.org: The Ad-Free Personal Finance Blogs Aggregator 2008
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We think part of the reason for that is it's a title driven business and the titles that we've had in the marketplace are strong and attractive and there's brand value as well.
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We think part of the reason for that is it's a title driven business and the titles that we've had in the marketplace are strong and attractive and there's brand value as well.
pfblogs.org: The Ad-Free Personal Finance Blogs Aggregator 2008
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My characterizing liberals as economically illiterate and emotionally driven is based on their actions versus what I understand of economics.
Think Progress » Tea party leaders say they would ‘absolutely’ abolish Social Security. 2010
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In other words, if there is any sexual hanky-panky involved, whether it is homosexual or heterosexual, the individual should be driven from the military.
Think Progress » Army Secretary says Gates has placed a de facto moratorium on DADT discharges. 2010
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These tools will be driven from the actual advice shared in my weekly motivational Transformation Talks.
Nikki Stone: Acknowledge Your Front Row Nikki Stone 2010
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My characterizing liberals as economically illiterate and emotionally driven is based on their actions versus what I understand of economics.
Think Progress » Tea party leaders say they would ‘absolutely’ abolish Social Security. 2010
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