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# {{lb|en|transitive}} To provide someone with an [[incentive]] to do something; to [[encourage]]. |
# {{lb|en|transitive}} To provide someone with an [[incentive]] to do something; to [[encourage]]; to actuate. |
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#: {{ux|en|The weekly staff meeting was meant to '''motivate''' employees.}} |
#: {{ux|en|The weekly staff meeting was meant to '''motivate''' employees.}} |
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#* {{quote-av|en|author=Drachinifel|title=Guadalcanal Campaign - The Big Night Battle: Night 1 (IJN 3(?) : 2 USN)|date=10 March 2021|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Em_PuLURII4|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20221017005233/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Em_PuLURII4|archivedate=17 October 2022|accessdate=6 November 2022|time=17:51|text=Armor-piercing shells ''were'' heading up the shell hoists, but this procedure took a few minutes, allowing the battered American flagship to reply in kind, the gunners ''somewhat '''motivated''''' to set new records for the rate of fire as the cruiser raked the larger ship from stem to stern in response.}} |
#* {{quote-av|en|author=Drachinifel|title=Guadalcanal Campaign - The Big Night Battle: Night 1 (IJN 3(?) : 2 USN)|date=10 March 2021|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Em_PuLURII4|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20221017005233/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Em_PuLURII4|archivedate=17 October 2022|accessdate=6 November 2022|time=17:51|text=Armor-piercing shells ''were'' heading up the shell hoists, but this procedure took a few minutes, allowing the battered American flagship to reply in kind, the gunners ''somewhat '''motivated''''' to set new records for the rate of fire as the cruiser raked the larger ship from stem to stern in response.}} |
Latest revision as of 21:06, 14 September 2024
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈməʊ.tɪ.veɪt/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (US) IPA(key): /ˈmoʊ.tɪ.veɪt/, /ˈmoʊ.təˌveɪt/
Verb
[edit]motivate (third-person singular simple present motivates, present participle motivating, simple past and past participle motivated)
- (transitive) To provide someone with an incentive to do something; to encourage; to actuate.
- The weekly staff meeting was meant to motivate employees.
- 2021 March 10, Drachinifel, 17:51 from the start, in Guadalcanal Campaign - The Big Night Battle: Night 1 (IJN 3(?) : 2 USN)[1], archived from the original on 17 October 2022:
- Armor-piercing shells were heading up the shell hoists, but this procedure took a few minutes, allowing the battered American flagship to reply in kind, the gunners somewhat motivated to set new records for the rate of fire as the cruiser raked the larger ship from stem to stern in response.
- (transitive) To animate; to propel; to cause to take action.
- He was motivated purely by self-interest.
- Steam-motivated pumps are used in manufacturing.
Antonyms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]to encourage
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Italian
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Adjective
[edit]motivate f pl
Participle
[edit]motivate f pl
Etymology 2
[edit]Verb
[edit]motivate
- inflection of motivare:
Anagrams
[edit]Spanish
[edit]Verb
[edit]motivate
- second-person singular voseo imperative of motivar combined with te
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