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- pronunciation:
- mo
t
veIt
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Grammatical Patterns, Word Parts
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
motivates, motivating, motivated |
| definition: |
to cause to move or act by giving incentive or inspiration.
The likely possibility of flunking out of college finally motivated him to study.[verb + smby/smth + infinitive
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The stirring speech motivated many citizens to look into how they might serve their country.[verb + smby/smth + infinitive
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She tried to motivate her high school students by demonstrating the importance of chemistry in the real world.
- synonyms:
- actuate, move
- similar words:
- arouse, dispose, encourage, enkindle, excite, goad, incite, inspire, kindle, prompt, provoke, rouse, spur, stimulate, stir up, tempt
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| related words: |
activate, animate, interest, persuade, prod, push, sway, warm |
adverb + (v.)motivate
economically, equally, extrinsically, financially, highly, ideologically, initially, internally, intrinsically, largely, politically, properly, racially, religiously, sexually, strongly, sufficiently
(v.)motivate
+ adverb
academically, mainly, part, partly, primarily, purely, solely
(v.)motivate
+ noun
action,
ambition,
anger,
animus,
athlete,
behavior,
belief,
bias,
compassion,
concern,
consideration,
conviction,
curiosity,
desire,
emotion,
employee,
fear,
goal,
greed,
hate,
hatred,
health-care,
hostility,
ideal,
ideology,
jealousy,
learner,
learning,
mathematics,
participation,
performer,
prejudice,
pupil,
pursuit,
racism,
resentment,
revenge,
reward,
self-interest,
student,
subordinate
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The word motivate
contains the following parts:
mob, mot, mov
Latin
root
that means move
  Example words:
automobile, commotion, demote, emote, emotion, immobile, immovable, locomotion, mobile, motivate, motivation, motive, motor, movement, nonmotile, remote, remove, unmotivated, unmoved
-ate1
Latin
verb-forming suffix
that means to make, cause, do
More about this word part:
The suffix -ate
primarily forms transitive verbs from Latin bases. Many -ate
verbs were loanwords from Latin. Verbs ending in -ate
combine with the suffix -ion to form nouns ending in -ation. These verbs also have corresponding agent nouns ending in -ator (navigator, dictator, elevator).
Example words:
abbreviate, abdicate, abnegate, accelerate, accommodate, accumulate, activate, adequate, adjudicate, administrate, administrative, administrator, advocate, aerate, affiliate, agglomerate, agglutinate, aggravate, agitate, alienate, allocate, alternate, animate, annihilate, annotate, arrogate, aspirate, assimilate, associate, calibrate, capitulate, cerebrate, circulate, collaborate, collocate, commemorate, complicate, concentrate, congregate, consecrate, consummate, cooperate, coordinate, decapitate, decelerate, decerebrate, decimate, dedicate, dehydrate, deliberate, derogate, desecrate, dictate, disintegrate, dislocate, dissimulate, dissociate, divagate, domesticate, dominate, donate, duplicate, educate, elaborate, elevate, elongate, elucidate, emasculate, emigrate, enervate, enunciate, equate, equivocate, eradicate, evacuate, exasperate, exfoliate, expurgate, fluctuate, formulate, generate, gradate, graduate, gyrate, illuminate, illustrate, implicate, incorporate, indoctrinate, innovate, interpellate, interrogate, irradiate, irrigate, legislate, liberate, locate, mediate, motivate, narrate, navigate, negate, nominate, obliterate, operate, orate, originate, ovulate, palpate, participate, placate, populate, prognosticate, proliferate, radiate, regulate, resonate, rotate, segregate, simulate, subjugate, terminate, vacate, validate, contraindicate
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