driven

7 definitions • 13 examples

Someone who is driven is so determined to achieve something or be successful that all of their behaviour is directed towards this aim:

Like most of the lawyers that I know, Rachel is driven.

providing the power to keep a machine working:

The new ships, propelled by gas turbines, require less maintenance than older, steam-driven ones.

He was equipped with a battery-driven portable satellite phone.

controlled or strongly influenced by a particular thing or person, or happening because of them:

character-driven Her character-driven stories have won her millions of fans.

He admitted that the changes were mostly cost-driven.

The event was billed as the first ever voter-driven debate.

describing the person driving a vehicle:

chauffeur-driven He arrived every morning by chauffeur-driven car.

The system is meant for use in a human-driven car, not a self-driving vehicle.

if someone is driven, all their effort is directed towards achieving a particular result:

He is a driven man - capable of anything.

caused or influenced by something or someone:

The company's policies are essentially cost-driven.

consumer-driven/market-driven/product-driven

moved, operated, or controlled by something:

The decline accelerated in late afternoon as computer-driven selling kicked in.

diesel-driven/gas-driven/electrically-driven vehicle