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self-driven

self-driven is the past participle of self-drive.

Meaning of self-drive

Verb

self-drive (third-person singular simple present self-drives, present participle self-driving, simple past self-drove, past participle self-driven)

  1. (intransitive) To drive autonomously; (of a motor vehicle) to drive itself without a human operator, by means of sensors and computer technology.
    • Motorists could legally allow their cars to “self-drive” on British motorways later this year – but only slowly, the government has announced.2021 April 27, Gwyn Topham, “‘Self-driving’ cars could get green light for use on UK motorways this year”, in The Guardian

Questions about self-driven

What is self-driven the past participle of?
Self-driven is the past participle of self-drive.

Words near self-driven in the dictionary

  1. self-dries
  2. self-drilling
  3. self-drilling screw
  4. self-drilling screws
  5. self-drive
  6. self-driven
  7. self-driver
  8. self-drivers
  9. self-drives
  10. self-driving
  11. self-driving car

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