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self-driven

[ self-driv-uhn, self- ]

adjective

  1. (of a machine) containing its own power source, as an engine or motor.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of self-driven1

First recorded in 1780–90
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Example Sentences

As someone who had modest beginnings, her rise was self-driven.

It is Sylvester, self-driven to seek out the source of new creations strangely akin to his own.

In France the sirens are cylindrical and very similar to the English self-driven type.

A siren rotated by a separate motor yields better results than when self-driven.

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