Definition of motivate
motivated;
motivating
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Examples of motivate in a Sentence
No one knows what motivated him to act in such a violent way.
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Taylor, the board member, said Rawlings isn't motivated by accumulation of personal riches.
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Mooney says most of the complaints truckers have against ELDs are motivated by a desire to return to some sort of cowboy heyday of regulation-free trucking.
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Trump has inaccurately responded to the reports by suggesting that the group is motivated by the desire of the immigrants to take advantage of DACA, the Obama-era program that Trump announced in September would be phased out.
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Unless the trial court committed clear error by not declaring that the state's strikes were motivated by race...
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Weeks after the stunt, Alyokhina, then 24, Tolokonnikova, 22, and Yekaterina Samutsevich, 30, are arrested and charged with hooliganism motivated by religious hatred.
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The order also shutters the Russian consulate in Seattle, a move motivated by the institution’s proximity to a U.S. naval base.
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Pamela Geller, a far-right commentator, issued a false report about the shooter having been motivated by Islam and left-wing hate.
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But the clients here come in all ages, shapes, and sizes, many motivated by fear of a break-in or by knowledge of a friend or relative who was attacked, says Pennock.
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First Known Use of motivate
1836
MOTIVATE Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of motivate for English Language Learners
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: to give (someone) a reason for doing something
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: to be a reason for (something)
MOTIVATE Defined for Kids
Definition of motivate for Students
motivated;
motivating
: to give or be a reason for doing something
- Prizes motivated him to join the contest.
Medical Dictionary
medical Definition of motivate
motivated;
motivating
: to provide with a motive or serve as a motive for
- motivate patients to change unhealthy lifestyles
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