| VERB | creation | motivate, actuate, propel, move, prompt, incite | give an incentive for action / action |
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| Sounds | mow'tahvey.t | |
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| Rhymes | abate ... welterweight: 559 rhymes with eyt... | |
| Meaning | Give an incentive for action / action. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE | |
| Model | They motivate him to write the letter | |
| Synonyms | actuate, propel, move, prompt, incite | |
| Broader | cause, do, make | give rise to |
| Similar to | affect, impress, move, strike | Have an emotional or cognitive impact / impact upon |
| move | Arouse sympathy or compassion in | |
| Spanish | incitar, instigar, motivar, propulsar | |
| Catalan | incitar, instigar, motivar | |
| Adjectives | motivative | impelling to action / action |
| Nouns | motivation, motive | the psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal |
| motivation | the act of motivating | |
| motivation | the condition of being motivated | |
| motivator | a positive motivational influence | |
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