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