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Definition: Driven |
DrivenAdjective1. Compelled forcibly by an outside agency; "mobs goaded by blind hatred". 2. Urged or forced to action through moral pressure; "felt impelled to take a stand against the issue". 3. Strongly motivated to succeed. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "driven" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
Synonyms: DrivenSynonyms: compulsive (adj), determined (adj), goaded (adj), impelled (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Difficulty | Reduced to straits; hard pressed, sorely pressed; run hard; pinched, put to it, straitened; hard up, hard put to it, hard set; put to one's shifts; puzzled, at a loss; (uncertain); at the end of one's tether, at the end of one's rope, at one's wit's end, at a nonplus, at a standstill; graveled, nonplused, nonplussed, stranded, aground; stuck fast, set fast; up a tree, at bay, aux abois, driven into a corner, driven from pillar to post, driven to extremity, driven to one's wit's end, driven to the wall; au bout de son Latin; out of one's depth; thrown out. |
Necessity | Verb: lie under a necessity; befated, be doomed, be destined; in for, under the necessity of; have no choice, have no alternative; be one's fate; n. to be pushed to the wall to be driven into a corner, to be unable to help. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Driven |
| Specialty definitions using "driven": data driven, Data Driven Machine, demand driven ♦ Nails driven into Cottage Walls ♦ White as Driven Snow. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "driven": Wretch. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Driven" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. Swedish (chased, clever, skilful, slick). |
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Screenplays | Once you've been driven off a bridge at 80 mph, somehow, you don't invite happiness in without a full body search. (Vanilla Sky; writing credit: Alejandro Amenábar; Mateo Gil) I've driven women to lesbianism before but never to a mental institution. (Seinfeld; writing credit: Andreas Lenze; Bea Schmidt) The creature is driven by rage, and is pursued by an investigative reporter (The Incredible Hulk; writing credit: Carol Baxter; Paul M. Belous) Have you ever driven a Mercedes before? (Beverly Hills Cop; writing credit: Danilo Bach; Daniel Petrie Jr.) We're hunted men, driven mad by forces beyond our understanding. (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; writing credit: Doreen Spicer) | |
Lyrics | It's driven me before and it seems to be the way (Drive; performing artist: Incubus) I've driven deep the thorny crown (Miracle; performing artist: Jon Bon Jovi) We hadn't driven very far (Last Kiss; performing artist: Pearl Jam) | |
Clever | You are an engineer if you have modified your can-opener to be microprocessor driven. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Driven to Extraction (1963) Desert Driven (1923) Driven (1923) We Are Driven (1982) | |
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 | Plane table setup in shoal water - legs driven about 6" into sand Note rodman slogging ashore in line with alidade Combined operations party of H. A. Paton. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | Deep driven rods for bench marks Crew from PATHFINDER. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
 | Sea surface as seen from NOAA P-3 at 5000 feet during Hurricane Hugo. Seas were driven by over 100-knot winds and were 60-80 feet high. Credit: Flying With NOAA. |  | Thunderstorm out flow from storm core shows up as sheets of wind driven rain spreading from right to left in 1982 photo. Credit: National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL). |
 | Figure 26. Sigsbee gravity driven plankton trap. Devised by Lieutenant Charles D. Sigsbee of the USN on the Coast and Geodetic Survey Ship BLAKE in 1880. It was meant to collect live specimens of plankton between precisely specified depths. It was first tested on the Blake between 9 and 45 meters in 1880. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |  | Figure 39. Massey sounder, a propeller driven sounding device first developed in 1802 by Edward Massey. Many improvements were made to this device through the Nineteenth Century. The instrument in the image was created by Thomas Walke r in 1874. It consists of a propeller driven registering device which is fixed to a sounding line and weighted by ballast. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |
 | New orange trees are straightened, staked, and pruned by workers riding only inches above the ground pulled by a slowly moving tractor. The tractor is driven not from the conventional drivers's seat perched high over the rear wheels, but by one of the workers below, using an extra steering wheel and control. Credit: USDA. |  | Refugees from Santiago being driven by U.S. soldiers from Siboney to Firmeza. : View taken about half way up the mountain trail. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
 | Line engraving published in "Harper's Weekly", 28 September 1861. The civilian bark Alvarado was captured by the Confederate privateer Jefferson Davis in the Atlantic on 21 July 1861. She driven ashore by USS Jamestown and burned near Fernandina, Florida, on 5 August 1861. Credit: NAVY. |  | "Trenton dragging along the reefs with 90 feet on her riding cable. Three others carried away." Artwork by Rear Admiral Lewis A. Kimberly, contained in his personal journal of the Apia Hurricane. It shows USS Trenton being driven toward the southern end of Apia Harbor by the force of wind and waves. Credit: NAVY. |
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 | Keyboard glissandi in a rhythmically driven synthesized piece. |
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| Author | Quotation |
Desiderius Erasmus | A nail is driven out by another nail. Habit is overcome by habit. |
George Eliot | Each thought is a nail that is driven In structures that cannot decay; And the mansion at last will be given To us as we build it each day. |
Martin Luther | The human heart is like a ship on a stormy sea driven about by winds blowing from all four corners of heaven. |
Richard H. Dana | Better to be driven out from among men than to be disliked of children. |
Richard Whately | Men are like sheep, of which a flock is more easily driven than a single one. |
Terence | While the mind is in doubt it is driven this way and that by a slight impulse. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Author | Date | Quotation |
John Locke | 1690 | Thus mankind, notwithstanding all the privileges of the state of nature, being but in an ill condition, while they remain in it, are quickly driven into society. (Second Treatise of Government) |
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Emma | Austen, Jane | |
Sylvie and Bruno Concluded | Carroll, Lewis | The Professor came down, and led the way to where a post had been driven firmly into the ground. |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | We have said that the (r)Orion belonged to that squadron, and that she had been driven back by stress of weather to the port of Toulon. |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | The people are driven, intimidated, hurt by both. |
Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | I described the ship to him in the best terms I could, and explained by the help of my handkerchief displayed, how it was driven forward by the wind. |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | The hens were driven in by my approach. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Indications for therapy will be driven by the underlying cause and severity of symptoms. (references) | |
The risk of radiation-induced breast cancer has long been a concern to mammographers and has driven the efforts to reduce the radiation dose per examination. (references) | ||
These devices include a water-sensitive pad worn in pajamas, a wire connecting to a battery driven control, and an alarm that sounds when moisture is first detected. (references) | ||
Business | Latent demand is largely driven by economic fundamentals. (references) | |
At the commercial level, the demand for energy efficiency is economically driven. (references) | ||
In particular, prepaid services targeted towards teen users have driven new subscriptions. (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | Cuba | He then was driven to Holguin, 95 miles from Moa, and detained for 7 hours at a state security house where government officials interrogated him. (references) |
India | Since 1999 artillery shelling of the region by Pakistan has kept many of the internally displaced persons from returning and driven others from their homes. (references) | |
Mozambique | Although a court in Maputo had dismissed the case, Nam was detained and driven to Inhassoro in Inhambane province; however, his attorney secured his release before he arrived in Inhassoro. (references) | |
Economic History | Sweden | The server market is driven by the ISP and ASP segments. (references) |
Democratic Republic of Congo | The rebels were driven out with the aid of Belgian paratroopers. (references) | |
Democratic Republic of Congo | Relations with surrounding countries have often been driven by security concerns. (references) | |
Human Rights | Venezuela | Neighbors witnessed the injured victim being placed in a DISIP vehicle and driven away. (references) |
South Africa | Some survivors of attacks and their families were driven from their villages and were living in "witch villages" for safety. (references) | |
Korea | This focus is driven by cultural factors, with confession viewed as a necessary basis for the reform and rehabilitation of convicted defendants. (references) | |
Minorities | India | Attacks by Muslim militants seeking to end Indian rule in Jammu and Kashmir, and continuing political violence, has driven almost 95 percent of Hindus in the Kashmir valley (Pandits) to seek refuge in camps in Jammu, with relatives in New Delhi, or elsewhere, during recent years. (references) |
Political Economy | Guatemala | Inflation rose to 8.9 percent during the year, driven by high fiscal deficits and tax increases. (references) |
IRELAND | Last year's significant expansion in output was driven by strong domestic demand and impressive external trade performance. (references) | |
Trade | Venezuela | However, the local capital of the branch rather than the consolidated capital of the parent bank is used to compute the branch's legal lending limit and other capital driven thresholds, in effect eliminating many of the benefits of establishing in branch form. (references) |
Travel | Netherlands | Cars are driven on the right-hand side of the road. (references) |
Chile | The same laws also limit the number of automobiles eligible to be driven on certain days. (references) | |
Women | Saudi Arabia | Women risk arrest by the Mutawwa'in for riding in a vehicle driven by a male who is not an employee or a close male relative. (references) |
China | Women with advanced degrees report an increase in discrimination in the hiring process as the job distribution system has opened up and become more competitive and market driven. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Poland | As a result, the activity has been driven completely underground. (references) |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | DULLARD, n. A member of the reigning dynasty in letters and life. The Dullards came in with Adam, and being both numerous and sturdy have overrun the habitable world. The secret of their power is their insensibility to blows; tickle them with a bludgeon and they laugh with a platitude. The Dullards came originally from Boeotia, whence they were driven by stress of starvation, their dullness having blighted the crops. For some centuries they infested Philistia, and many of them are called Philistines to this day. In the turbulent times of the Crusades they withdrew thence and gradually overspread all Europe, occupying most of the high places in politics, art, literature, science and theology. Since a detachment of Dullards came over with the Pilgrims in the Mayflower and made a favorable report of the country, their increase by birth, immigration, and conversion has been rapid and steady. According to the most trustworthy statistics the number of adult Dullards in the United States is but little short of thirty millions, including the statisticians. The intellectual centre of the race is somewhere about Peoria, Illinois, but the New England Dullard is the most shockingly moral. |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
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Dan Rather | In Jerusalem tonight, right at the dividing line between the Israeli west and the mostly Arab east Jerusalem, yet another suicide bombing. We had driven by only minutes before the bomb went off. |
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| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
George Washington | 1789-1797 | An estimate of the necessary appropriations, including the expenditures into which we have been driven by the insurrection, will be submitted to Congress. |
James Monroe | 1817-1825 | The progress of our settlements westward, supported as they are by a dense population, has constantly driven them back, with almost the total sacrifice of the lands which they have been compelled to abandon. |
Richard Nixon | 1969-1974 | We can be proud that they are better educated, more committed, more passionately driven by conscience than any generation in our history. |
Jimmy Carter | 1977-1981 | Inflation has driven up home prices, operating costs and interest rates. |
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| "Driven" is generally used as a lexical verb (past participle) -- approximately 94.36% of the time. "Driven" is used about 2,924 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (past participle) | 94.36% | 2,759 | 3,342 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 5.6% | 164 | 24,408 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.03% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 2,924 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "driven": An advanced support environment for method driven development and evolution of packaged software ♦ be driven ♦ be driven ashore ♦ be driven asunder ♦ be driven away ♦ be driven into a corner ♦ be driven into debts ♦ be driven off course ♦ be driven out ♦ be driven to extremity ♦ be driven to one's last shift ♦ belt driven compressor ♦ data driven ♦ data Driven Machine ♦ demand driven ♦ driven aerial ♦ driven antenna ♦ driven back ♦ driven impelled ♦ driven multivibrator ♦ driven out ♦ driven pulley ♦ driven to the wall ♦ Driven well ♦ driven wheel ♦ event driven ♦ motor driven switchgroup ♦ power driven ♦ to be pushed to the wall to be driven into a corner ♦ white as the driven snow. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "driven": driven-snow. | |
Ending with "driven": battery-driven, belt-driven, chain-driven, chauffeur-driven, computer-driven, customer-driven, debt-driven, hard-driven, icon-driven, market-driven, menu-driven, mouse-driven, order-driven, pen-driven, petrol-driven, propeller-driven, storm-driven, technology-driven, wind-driven. | |
Containing "driven": propeller-driven plane. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "driven"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | nxjerrim (be discharged, be driven out, be put out). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | مقود (leash, steering wheel), مدفوع (paid, paying). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | побит (battered, erect, set up), подгонен (chased). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 驾驶 (Driving, Navigate, Navigated, navigating, Piloted, Piloting). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | drevet (forced, led, operated), trukket (led, operated). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | bediend (led, operated), aangedreven (led, operated). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | traktorivetoinen moottorikäyttöinen ruisku (tractor drawn engine-driven sprayer), tapahtumaohjattu (event driven), tahdistettu multivibraattori (driven multivibrator, synchronised multivibrator, synchronized multivibrator), sähköllä toimiva kirnu (electric motor driven butter churn), sähkökäyttöinen (electrically driven, run by electricity), primäärisäteilijä (active aerial, active antenna, driven aerial, driven antenna, exciter, primary radiator), pietsosähköpyyhkäisty Fabryn-Perotin interferometri (piezoelectric driven scanning Fabry Perot interferometer), moottorikäyttöinen kytkinlaitteisto (motor driven switchgroup), joutui epätoivoon (was driven to despair), ajautua (be driven, be stranded, drift). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | poussé, passionné, entraîné, emmené, entraînement. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | gefahren (dangers, drove, endangerments, jeopardies, navigated, perils), getrieben (drifted, gears, impelled), chauffierter, angetrieben (driven on). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κινούμενο (led, operated), χειριζόμενο (led, operated), οδηγούμενο (led, operated). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | מו ע (engined, motorized), "ו' (conducting, customary, driving, leading, led, piloting, steerage, usual). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | hajtott. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | spinto (forward, pushed, racy, risque), condotto (barrel, channel, conducted, conduit, duct, gully, pipe, piped, shaft, tube), azionato (led, operated), a trasmissione (led, operated). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | ドラ息子 (being pegged to the dollar, Dolby, Dolby surround, dolce, dolcissimo, Doline, doll, dollar, dollar clause, dollar peg, dollar shift, dollar shock, dollar shop, dollar usance, dolly, dolman sleeve, dolmen, dolphin kick, doria, Dorian, Dortmund, dream, dreamer, dreaming, dreamy, dribble, drifter, drill, drink, drip coffee, durian, lazy son, profligate son). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ドリブン . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 모". (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | sniaghtey sheebit (driven snow). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ivendray com transmissão (led, operated). (various references) participiu trecut de la drive, mers (course, current, drive, gait, go, going, lapse, motion, movement, pace, run, scrambling, set, stroke, walk, walking). (various references) управлять;и)ехать управляемый, от drive. (various references) izbačen (put out, released). (various references) dirigido (addressed, guided, kept, leaded, looped, turned), pp de drive, accionado (led, operated). (various references) kört. (various references) savrulmak (be dispersed, be driven away, be scattered, dash, flourish, fly, skid), motorla çalışan (motor-driven, power driven). (various references) bizar bolmak (be driven crazy, get sick of, grow tired of). (various references) гнаний, нанесений. (various references) xu thế (drive), sự truyền động (drive), sự săn đuổi (drive), sự nổ lực (drive, exertion, push), sự gắng sức (drive, endeavour), quả tiu sự cố hắng (drive), nghị lực chiều hướng (drive), cuộc đi xe (drive). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Sumerian | 3100 BCE-2500 BCE | da-ri-a. (various references) |
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| Language | Date | Source | Proverbs Chapter 14, Verse 32 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | En kakia autou apwsqhsetai asebhV o de pepoiqwV th eautou osiothti dikaioV |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | In malitia sua expelletur impius sperat autem iustus in morte sua |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | In hys malice is put out the vnpitous; the riytwis forsothe hopeth in his deth. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous hath hope in his death. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous hath hope in his death. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | The sinner is overturned in his evil-doing, but the upright man has hope in his righteousness. |
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| Language | Proverbs Chapter 14, Verse 32 |
| Cebuano | ¶ Ang dautan giunlod ngadto sa kahiladman tungod sa iyang buhat nga dautan; Apan ang matarung may usa ka dalangpanan sa iyang kamatayon. |
| Chinese | 惡 人 在 所 行 的 惡 上 、 必 被 推 ' ． 義 人 臨 死 、 有 所 投 。 |
| Croatian | Opaki propada zbog vlastite pakosti, a pravednik i u samoj smrti nalazi utoèište. |
| Danish | Ved sin Ondskab styrtes den gudløse, ved lydefri Færd er retfærdige trygge. |
| Dutch | De goddeloze zal heengedreven worden in zijn kwaad; maar de rechtvaardige betrouwt zelfs in zijn dood. |
| Finnish | Jumalaton sortuu omaan pahuuteensa, mutta vanhurskas on turvattu kuollessaan. |
| French | Le méchant est renversé par sa méchanceté, Mais le juste trouve un refuge même en sa mort. |
| German | Der Gottlose besteht nicht in seinem Unglück; aber der Gerechte ist auch in seinem Tod getrost. |
| Haitian Creole | ¶ Mechanste mechan an, se sa k'ap jete l' atè. Men, moun ki fè sa ki byen, y'ap pwoteje l' menm lè lavi l' an danje. |
| Hungarian | Az õ nyavalyájába ejti magát az istentelen; az igaznak pedig halála idején is reménysége van. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Orang jahat binasa karena kejahatan, orang baik terlindung oleh ketulusannya. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Bahwa orang jahat dikejar oleh kejahatannya sendiri, tetapi orang yang benar itu haraplah jikalau pada masa matinya sekalipun. |
| Italian | Dalla propria malvagit è travolto l'empio, il giusto ha un rifugio nella propria integrit . |
| Korean | 악 인 은 그 환 난 에 엎 " 러 도 의 인 은 그 죽 음 에 도 소 망 이 있 느 니 라 |
| Maori | ¶ E uakina iho ana te tangata kino i runga i tona he; ko te tangata tika ia ka whai tumanakohanga i tona matenga. |
| Norwegian | Når ulykken rammer den ugudelige, kastes han over ende; men den rettferdige er frimodig i døden. |
| Portuguese | O ímpio é derrubado pela sua malícia; mas o justo até na sua morte acha refúgio. |
| Rumanian | Cel rqu este doborkt de rqutatea lui, dar cel neprihqnit chiar wi la moarte trage nqdejde. - |
| Russian | ъБ ЪМП УЧПЕ ОЕЮЕУФЙЧЩК 'Х"ЕФ ПФЧЕТЗОХФ, Б ТБЧЕ"ОЩК Й ТЙ УНЕТФЙ УЧПЕК ЙНЕЕФ ОБ"ЕЦ"Х. |
| Spanish | Por su maldad será derribado el impío, pero el justo en su integridad halla refugio. |
| Swedish | Genom sin ondska kommer de ogudaktige på fall, men den rättfärdige är frimodig in i döden. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "driven": drivenness, drivennesses. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "driven": codriven, misdriven, outdriven, overdriven, redriven. (additional references) | |
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"Driven" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: ariven, deriven, Dirven, divvent, drave, draven, dravin, dravon, Drazen, dreave, dreen, drefn, dreien, Drevin, drien, drif, drijven, driv, drived, drivet, drivin, driv'n, drovin, drusen, Druten, dryen, Dryvent. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "driven" (pronounced dri"vun) |
| 5 | -r i" v u n | Riven, striven. |
| 4 | -i" v u n | forgiven, given, unforgiven. |
| 3 | -v u n | breakeven, coven, Craven, Devon, disproven, eleven, enliven, even, graven, handwoven, haven, heaven, interwoven, Kelvin, leaven, liven, maven, nonwoven, oven, proven, Raven, seven, shaven, sylvan, uneven, unproven, unshaven, woven. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: verdin. | |
| Words within the letters "d-e-i-n-r-v" | |
-1 letter: diner, diver, drive, rived, riven, vined. | |
-2 letters: deni, dine, dire, dive, ired, nerd, nevi, nide, rein, rend, ride, rind, rive, vein, vend, vide, vied, vier, vine. | |
-3 letters: den, dev, die, din, end, ern, ire, red, rei, rev, rid, rin, vie. | |
-4 letters: de, ed, en, er, id, in, ne, re. | |
| Words containing the letters "d-e-i-n-r-v" | |
+1 letter: diviner, invader, ravined, verdins. | |
+2 letters: codriven, deriving, diviners, incurved, innerved, invaders, inverted, ovenbird, overkind, overwind, redriven, reinvade, ringdove, unvaried, vineyard. | |
+3 letters: adverting, contrived, decurving, depraving, depriving, deserving, devouring, disproven, divergent, diverging, diversion, diverting, downriver, driveline, driveling, environed, gerundive, misdriven, nondriver, outdriven, ovenbirds, overdoing, overdrink, overmined, overwinds, pervading, provident, redriving, reinvaded, reinvades, reinvited, reinvoked, ringdoves, unrevised, unrivaled, varnished, vinegared, vineyards, windhover. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)44 72 69 76 65 6E |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.. .-. .. ...- . -. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000100 01110010 01101001 01110110 01100101 01101110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)D r i v e n |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0044 0072 0069 0076 0065 006E |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)388475887180 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Sounds | 9. Quotations: Familiar 10. Quotations: Historic 11. Quotations: Fiction 12. Quotations: Non-fiction | 13. Quotations: Spoken 14. Quotations: Speeches 15. Usage Frequency 16. Expressions | 17. Expressions: Internet 18. Translations: Modern 19. Translations: Ancient 20. Bible Trace | 21. Derivations 22. Rhymes 23. Anagrams 24. Orthography | 25. Bibliography |
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