motivate

motivate
01. Students feel more [motivated] to learn when they enjoy what they are doing.
02. Strong [motivation] is an important factor in learning a new skill.
03. The players felt kind of [unmotivated] before the game because they knew the other team was much stronger.
04. Salesmen in the store are [motivated] to make sales by a 25% commission.
05. Joanna was [unmotivated], so she didn't learn much French while she lived in Quebec.
06. Harry tried hard to [motivate] his daughter to clean up her room.
07. Seeing the film about Guatemala [motivated] Charlie to travel there during his holidays.
08. Norman Augustine once remarked that [motivation] will almost always beat mere talent.
09. Stephen R. Covey once observed that [motivation] is a fire from within. If someone else tries to light that fire under you, chances are it will burn very briefly.
10. Pat Riley once remarked that a champion needs a [motivation] above and beyond winning.
11. William Sumner once said that the four great [motives] of human action are hunger, love, vanity and fear.
12. 69% of American workers say they find praise and recognition from their bosses more [motivating] than money.
13. The most popular topic of public speakers is [motivation], at 23 percent, followed by leadership at 17 percent.
14. Staying [motivated] is essential to making physical activity a long-term lifestyle commitment.
15. Someone once suggested that the most [motivating] thing one person can do for another is listen.
16. Near the end of the session, students often find it hard to [motivate] themselves to do homework.
17. Rupert Murdoch once stated that in [motivating] people, you've got to engage their minds and their hearts.
18. A Malian proverb suggests that one does not give a gift without a [motive].
19. Studies have shown that individual cells in the brain respond to inadequate supplies of nutrients by [motivating] a person to seek food.
20. The coach [motivates] his players by giving out coupons for free pizza to those considered to be the hardest workers during the game.
21. The students discussed the different [motivations] which they had for studying English.
22. Police say the killing seems to be a random, entirely [motiveless] act of violence.
23. In the fifteenth century, personal fulfillment through learning, public service and accomplishment [motivated] the individual lives and social contacts of the people of Europe.
24. Police are still looking for a [motive] in the murder of a local school teacher.

Grammatical examples in English. 2013.

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  • motivate — mo‧ti‧vate [ˈməʊtveɪt ǁ ˈmoʊ ] verb [transitive] 1. HUMAN RESOURCES to encourage someone and make them want to work hard: • The profit sharing plan is designed to motivate the staff. motivate somebody to do something • The project manager may… …   Financial and business terms

  • motivate — motivate, motivation Motivation has a special meaning in psychology which the OED defines as ‘the conscious or unconscious stimulus for action towards a desired goal especially as resulting from psychological or social factors; the factors giving …   Modern English usage

  • Motivate — Mo ti*vate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. { vated}; p. pr. & vb. n. { vating}.] [From {Motive}, n.] To provide with a motive; to move; impel; induce; incite. {Mo ti*va tion}, n. William James. Syn: move, prompt, incite, induce impel, drive. [Webster 1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • motivate — I verb activate, actuate, adjure, advise, affect, allure, animate, appeal, arouse desire, attract, captivate, carry weight, cause, challenge, charge, command, compel, convince, direct, draw, encourage, exert influence, exhort, fill with longing,… …   Law dictionary

  • motivate — (v.) 1863, to stimulate toward action, from MOTIVE (Cf. motive) + ATE (Cf. ate) (2); perhaps modeled on Fr. motiver or Ger. motivieren. Related: Motivated; motivating …   Etymology dictionary

  • motivate — actuate, *activate Analogous words: stimulate, quicken, *provoke, excite: arouse, rouse, *stir: inspire, animate, fire, *inform …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • motivate — [v] stimulate, instigate actuate, arouse, bring, cause, dispose, draw, drive, egg on*, excite, fire, galvanize, give incentive, goad, goose*, impel, incite, incline, induce, innervate, innerve, inspire, inspirit, lead, move, persuade, pique,… …   New thesaurus

  • motivate — ► VERB 1) provide with a motive for doing something. 2) stimulate the interest of. DERIVATIVES motivator noun …   English terms dictionary

  • motivate — [mōt′ə vāt΄] vt. motivated, motivating to provide with, or affect as, a motive or motives; incite or impel motivation n. motivational adj. motivative adj. motivator n …   English World dictionary

  • motivate */*/ — UK [ˈməʊtɪveɪt] / US [ˈmoʊtɪˌveɪt] verb [transitive] Word forms motivate : present tense I/you/we/they motivate he/she/it motivates present participle motivating past tense motivated past participle motivated 1) to make someone feel determined to …   English dictionary

  • motivate — mo|ti|vate [ˈməutıveıt US ˈmou ] v [T] 1.) to be the reason why someone does something = ↑drive ▪ Would you say that he was motivated solely by a desire for power? motivate sb to do sth ▪ We may never know what motivated him to kill his wife. 2.) …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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