Meaning & use
socially driven
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Meaning
adjectivebefore a noun
mainly motivated by social aims or by the wish to help people or communities.
Grammar: Used before a noun: a socially driven business. It is not usually used after a verb like 'be'.
Patterns
- a socially driven project
- socially driven change
The charity runs a socially driven program that trains local teenagers.
Their socially driven investment fund supports small community businesses.
She left a high-paying job to join a socially driven startup.
Common combinations
- socially driven business
- A socially driven business puts people before profit.
- socially driven initiative
- The city praised the socially driven initiative to clean up the park.
- socially driven change
- The reform was socially driven, not economically motivated.
- socially driven organization
- She prefers working for a socially driven organization.
Synonyms and how they differ
- community-minded
- Focuses on caring about local people; 'socially driven' can also mean driven by society as a whole.
- socially motivated
- Nearly the same, but it stresses the reason behind an action more than the goal.
Opposites
Word family
Commonly confused: socially driven or socially conscious?
socially driven vs socially conscious
This means aware of social problems; 'socially driven' means those problems are the main motivation for an activity.
Practice
Which sentence uses 'socially driven' correctly?
Choose one answer.
The phrase describes a noun, so it comes before 'project'. Option A uses it with 'is' and a profit goal, which contradicts the meaning. Option C uses it as an adverb, and D treats it as a verb phrase.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “socially driven”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.