driven

Everyday

1. Driven is a form of drive: to make a car, bus or train move and steer it. tree →
2. Driven means taken somewhere in a car: «she was driven to school». tree →
3. Driven means pushed or moved by something: «a wind-driven mill». tree →
4. A driven person works very hard to reach a goal. tree →
5. Forced into a state, as when grief drives someone mad. tree →

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 →
• The car is driven 40 miles a day. tree →
• How far had she driven after 3 hours? tree →
• They have driven half the way. tree →
• We were driven to the airport by Uncle Joe. tree →
• The old mill was driven by the river. tree →
• She is a driven player who trains every day. tree →
• Have you ever driven a go-kart? tree →

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 →
• 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 →
• 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 →
• Wilt Thou harass a driven leaf? (Writings JOB.13.25, JPS 1917) tree →
• He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world. (Writings JOB.18.18, JPS 1917) tree →
• Thy holy people they have well nigh driven out, our adversaries have trodden down Thy sanctuary. (Prophets ISA.63.18, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

Distance done; distance left = whole trip − driven. Irregular: drive, drove, (has) driven. Not «drived». Use «driven» after «has/have/had» or «was/were».