"motivating" meaning in English

See motivating in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more motivating [comparative], most motivating [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} motivating (comparative more motivating, superlative most motivating)
  1. Effectively providing an incentive.
    Sense id: en-motivating-en-adj-CyrrZwwm

Verb

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} motivating
  1. present participle and gerund of motivate Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: motivate
    Sense id: en-motivating-en-verb--lxPiXdt Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 95

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