transcription, транскрипция: [ moʊtɪveɪt ]
( motivates, motivating, motivated)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
If you are motivated by something, especially an emotion, it causes you to behave in a particular way.
They are motivated by a need to achieve...
I don’t want to be missing out. And that motivates me to get up and do something every day.
VERB : be V-ed , V n to-inf , also V n
• mo‧ti‧vat‧ed
...highly motivated employees.
ADJ
• mo‧ti‧va‧tion
His poor performance may be attributed to lack of motivation rather than to reading difficulties.
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2.
If someone motivates you to do something, they make you feel determined to do it.
How do you motivate people to work hard and efficiently?...
Never let it be said that the manager doesn’t know how to motivate his players.
= inspire
VERB : V n to-inf , V n
• mo‧ti‧va‧tion
Gross’s skill in motivation looked in doubt when his side began the second half badly.
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