[Elamur Dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/driven/) [dictionaries](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [English](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) / [D](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/d/) / driven # driven verb (drive, drives, drove, driven, driving); adjective (driven = very keen to succeed) «driven» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova. ## Everyday 1. Driven is a form of drive: to make a car, bus or train move and steer it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/driven/#m1) 2. Driven means taken somewhere in a car: «she was driven to school». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/driven/#m2) 3. Driven means pushed or moved by something: «a wind-driven mill». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/driven/#m3) 4. A driven person works very hard to reach a goal. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/driven/#m4) 5. Forced into a state, as when grief drives someone mad. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/driven/#m5) ### In the lessons distance travelled by car: miles driven, speed × time; in science: machines driven by electricity, wind or water; in everyday life and safety: wear a seat belt whenever you are driven anywhere; in stories: a driven hero who never gives up ### Examples - He has driven 120 miles. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/driven/#x1) - The car is driven 40 miles a day. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/driven/#x2) - How far had she driven after 3 hours? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/driven/#x3) - They have driven half the way. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/driven/#x4) - We were driven to the airport by Uncle Joe. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/driven/#x5) - The old mill was driven by the river. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/driven/#x6) - She is a driven player who trains every day. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/driven/#x7) - Have you ever driven a go-kart? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/driven/#x8) ### Note Distance done; distance left = whole trip − driven. Irregular: drive, drove, (has) driven. Not «drived». Use «driven» after «has/have/had» or «was/were». ## In Jewish tradition Means forced out or pushed away, like enemies driven from the land or lost animals driven off. In poems it is also used for a leaf blown by wind or a wicked person chased from the world. **Interpretation.** The law of returning a lost animal teaches that one must not ignore a neighbor's loss. Job's "driven leaf" shows a person feeling weak and helpless before God. ### Examples - and every armed man of you will pass over the Jordan before the LORD, until He hath driven out His enemies from before Him, (Torah NUM.32.21, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/driven/#x1) - Not so; go now ye that are men, and serve the LORD; for that is what ye desire.' And they were driven out from Pharaoh's presence. (Torah EXO.10.11, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/driven/#x2) - Thou shalt not see thy brother's ox or his sheep driven away, and hide thyself from them; thou shalt surely bring them back unto thy brother. (Torah DEU.22.1, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/driven/#x3) - Wilt Thou harass a driven leaf? (Writings JOB.13.25, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/driven/#x4) - He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world. (Writings JOB.18.18, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/driven/#x5) - Thy holy people they have well nigh driven out, our adversaries have trodden down Thy sanctuary. (Prophets ISA.63.18, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/driven/#x6) ### Note Distance done; distance left = whole trip − driven. Irregular: drive, drove, (has) driven. Not «drived». Use «driven» after «has/have/had» or «was/were». ## On Mova - [Trees and pragmatics of «driven» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/driven/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«driven» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/driven.html) on Mova free. - [Trees and pragmatics of «driven» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/driven/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«driven» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/driven.html) on Mova free.