"motivate" meaning in English

See motivate in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈməʊ.tɪ.veɪt/ [UK], /ˈmoʊ.tɪ.veɪt/ [US], /ˈmoʊ.təˌveɪt/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-motivate.wav Forms: motivates [present, singular, third-person], motivating [participle, present], motivated [participle, past], motivated [past]
Etymology: From motive + -ate (verb-forming suffix). Compare French motiver. Etymology templates: {{af|en|motive|-ate|id2=verb|pos2=verb-forming suffix}} motive + -ate (verb-forming suffix), {{cog|fr|motiver}} French motiver Head templates: {{en-verb}} motivate (third-person singular simple present motivates, present participle motivating, simple past and past participle motivated)
  1. (transitive) To provide someone with an incentive to do something; to encourage; to actuate. Tags: transitive Synonyms: drive, spur, incite Translations (to encourage): حَثَّ (ḥaṯṯa) (Arabic), мотивирам (motiviram) (Bulgarian), подбуждам (podbuždam) (Bulgarian), motivar (Catalan), 激发 (jīfā) (Chinese), motivovat (Czech), motiveren (Dutch), motivi (Esperanto), motivoida (Finnish), motiver (French), შეგულიანება (šegulianeba) (Georgian), motivieren (German), דרבן (dirbén) (Hebrew), motivál (Hungarian), motivare (Italian), 動機を与える (dōki o ataeru) (alt: どうきをあたえる) (Japanese), លើកទឹកចិត្ត (ləək tɨk cət) (Khmer), ...에 동기를 주다 (...e donggireul juda) (Korean), corrōborō (Latin), whakaohooho (Maori), whakahihiko (Maori), motiver (Norman), motivere (Norwegian Bokmål), برانگیختن (barângixtan) (Persian), motywować [imperfective] (Polish), zmotywować [perfective] (Polish), motivar (Portuguese), motiva (Romanian), мотиви́ровать (motivírovatʹ) (Russian), motivírati (Serbo-Croatian), motivar (Spanish), motivera (Swedish), ప్రేరేపించు (prērēpiñcu) (Telugu), мотивува́ти (motyvuváty) [imperfective, perfective] (Ukrainian), khích lệ (Vietnamese), động viên (Vietnamese), khuyến khích (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-motivate-en-verb-g42tn64T Disambiguation of 'to encourage': 90 10
  2. (transitive) To animate; to propel; to cause to take action. Tags: transitive Synonyms: drive, move, push
    Sense id: en-motivate-en-verb-Cy9KQcQa Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ate (verb), Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Chinese translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Khmer translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Norman translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Telugu translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 95 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ate (verb): 17 83 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 7 93 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 9 91 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 10 90 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 10 90 Disambiguation of Terms with Chinese translations: 9 91 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 13 87 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 9 91 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 9 91 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 11 89 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 10 90 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 10 90 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 12 88 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 10 90 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 7 93 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 9 91 Disambiguation of Terms with Khmer translations: 10 90 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 10 90 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 9 91 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 10 90 Disambiguation of Terms with Norman translations: 10 90 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 9 91 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 10 90 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 13 87 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 10 90 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 10 90 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 9 91 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 10 90 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 9 91 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 10 90 Disambiguation of Terms with Telugu translations: 9 91 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 10 90 Disambiguation of Terms with Vietnamese translations: 10 90
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: mismotivate, motivated, motivator, motive

Inflected forms

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          "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.",
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          "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.",
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        "(transitive) To provide someone with an incentive to do something; to encourage; to actuate."
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      "code": "ar",
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      "roman": "ḥaṯṯa",
      "sense": "to encourage",
      "word": "حَثَّ"
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      "roman": "motiviram",
      "sense": "to encourage",
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to encourage",
      "word": "motivar"
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    {
      "code": "zh",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "roman": "jīfā",
      "sense": "to encourage",
      "word": "激发"
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to encourage",
      "word": "motivovat"
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      "code": "nl",
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      "sense": "to encourage",
      "word": "motiveren"
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      "sense": "to encourage",
      "word": "motivi"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to encourage",
      "word": "motivoida"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "to encourage",
      "word": "motiver"
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      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "šegulianeba",
      "sense": "to encourage",
      "word": "შეგულიანება"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to encourage",
      "word": "motivieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "dirbén",
      "sense": "to encourage",
      "word": "דרבן"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to encourage",
      "word": "motivál"
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    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to encourage",
      "word": "motivare"
    },
    {
      "alt": "どうきをあたえる",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "dōki o ataeru",
      "sense": "to encourage",
      "word": "動機を与える"
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      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "ləək tɨk cət",
      "sense": "to encourage",
      "word": "លើកទឹកចិត្ត"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "...e donggireul juda",
      "sense": "to encourage",
      "word": "...에 동기를 주다"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to encourage",
      "word": "corrōborō"
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    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to encourage",
      "word": "whakaohooho"
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    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to encourage",
      "word": "whakahihiko"
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    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "to encourage",
      "word": "motiver"
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    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "to encourage",
      "word": "motivere"
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    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "barângixtan",
      "sense": "to encourage",
      "word": "برانگیختن"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to encourage",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "motywować"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to encourage",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
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      "word": "zmotywować"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to encourage",
      "word": "motivar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to encourage",
      "word": "motiva"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "motivírovatʹ",
      "sense": "to encourage",
      "word": "мотиви́ровать"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to encourage",
      "word": "motivírati"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to encourage",
      "word": "motivar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to encourage",
      "word": "motivera"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "prērēpiñcu",
      "sense": "to encourage",
      "word": "ప్రేరేపించు"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "motyvuváty",
      "sense": "to encourage",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "мотивува́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "to encourage",
      "word": "khích lệ"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "to encourage",
      "word": "động viên"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "to encourage",
      "word": "khuyến khích"
    }
  ],
  "word": "motivate"
}

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