MOTIVE

Meaning of MOTIVE in English

(~s)

Your ~ for doing something is your reason for doing it.

Police have ruled out robbery as a ~ for the killing.

...the ~s and objectives of British foreign policy...

N-COUNT: oft N prep

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MOTIVE — adj motive
Interlingua English vocab
MOTIVE — a. motiv; motori; n. motive, rason
English interlingue dictionary
MOTIVE — I. ˈmōd.]iv, -ōt], ]ēv also ]əv; in senses 4 and 5 “ or mōˈtēv noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MOTIVE — (a.) Causing motion; having power to move, or tending to move; as, a motive argument; motive power.
Английский словарь Webster
MOTIVE — ( a. ) Causing motion; having power to move, or tending to move; as, a motive argument; motive power.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
MOTIVE — — motiveless , adj. — motivelessly , adv. — motivelessness , n. /moh"tiv/ , n., adj., v., motived, motiving . …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
MOTIVE — I. ˈmō-tiv, 2 is also mō-ˈtēv noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French motif, motive, from motif, adjective, moving, from Medieval …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
MOTIVE — noun that which moves; a mover. 2. motive ·vt to prompt or incite by a motive or motives; to move. …
Webster English vocab
MOTIVE — [mo.tive] n [ME, fr. MF motif, fr. motif, adj., moving, fr. ML motivus, fr. L motus, pp. of movere to …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
MOTIVE — motive BrE AmE ˈməʊt ɪv AmE \ ˈmoʊt̬ ɪv ▷ motive|less ləs lɪs ▷ motive|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
MOTIVE — / ˈməʊtɪv; NAmE ˈmoʊ-/ noun , adjective ■ noun motive (for sth) a reason for doing sth : There seemed …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MOTIVE — I. mo ‧ tive 1 AC /ˈməʊtɪv $ ˈmoʊ-/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Word Family: adjective : ↑ motivated …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
MOTIVE — ( motives) Your motive for doing something is your reason for doing it. Police have ruled out robbery as a …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MOTIVE — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a motive for murder (= a reason to kill someone ) ▪ Police believe …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
MOTIVE — (MOVEMENT) [adjective] [before noun] [specialized] - (of power or force) causing movement or actionWater provides the motive power that operates …
Cambridge English vocab
MOTIVE — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ hidden , ulterior ▪ good , strong ▪ I'd say he had a very strong ~ for …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
MOTIVE — n. 25B6; noun the motive for the attack : REASON, motivation, motivating force, rationale, grounds, cause, basis, object, purpose, intention; …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
MOTIVE — n. 1 inducement, incentive, motivation, stimulus, motivating force, stimulation, incitement, influence, cause, reason, rationale, grounds; attraction, lure, enticement, goad, spur, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
MOTIVE — 1. сущ. 1) мотив, побуждение, повод; причина; стимул (behind, for) to establish, find a motive ≈ выяснить, найти мотив to …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
MOTIVE — motive.ogg 1. ʹməʋtıv n 1. повод, мотив; побуждение to act from some motive(s) - действовать из каких-л. побуждений to have …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
MOTIVE — 1) двигательный 2) двигающий 3) движущий 4) мотив 5) мотивировать 6) моторный 7) побуждать 8) побуждение 9) повод 10) причина • motive cohomology functor — функтор мотивных когомологий - motive force
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
MOTIVE — 1. ʹməʋtıv n 1. повод, мотив; побуждение to act from some motive(s) - действовать из каких-л. побуждений to have a …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
MOTIVE — 1. сущ. 1) мотив, побуждение, повод; причина; стимул ( behind, for ) to establish, find a motive — выяснить, найти …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
MOTIVE — 1. сущ. 1) мотив, побуждение, повод; причина; стимул (behind, for) to establish, find a motive — выяснить, найти мотив to question smb.'s motives …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
MOTIVE — 1. _n. 1> повод, мотив, побуждение; - driving motive 2> = motif 1> _Syn: incentive, inducement, reason, spur 2. _a. …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
MOTIVE — 1. n. 1. повод, мотив, побуждение; - driving motive 2. = motif 1. Syn: incentive, inducement, reason, spur 2. a. …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
MOTIVE — 1. _n. 1> повод, мотив, побуждение; driving motive движущая сила 2> = motif 1 2. _a. 1> движущий; motive power …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера
MOTIVE — 1) мотив; побуждение; стимул [c crimson]|| служить мотивом; побуждать; стимулировать 2) основание; причина [c crimson]|| служить причиной 3) фактор, определяющий …
Англо-Русский словарь по экономике и финансам
MOTIVE — побуждение, мотив | мотивировать - bad motive - direct motive - foul motive - good motive - improper motive - indirect motive - laudable motive - strong motive
Англо-Русский юридический словарь
MOTIVE — 1. сущ. 1) общ. мотив, повод, побуждение; стимул; причина (побудительная причина поведения и действий человека, возникающая под воздействием его потребностей и …
Новый англо-русский толковый словарь по менеджменту и экономике труда
MOTIVE — 1. сущ. 1) мотив, побуждение, повод; причина; стимул (behind, for) to establish, find a motive ≈ выяснить, найти мотив to …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
MOTIVE — katarungan
English-Visayan vocabulary
MOTIVE — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French motif, ~, from motif, adjective, moving, from Medieval Latin motivus, from Latin motus, …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
MOTIVE — (v. t.) To prompt or incite by a motive or motives; to move.
Английский словарь Webster
MOTIVE — (n.) That which produces conception, invention, or creation in the mind of the artist in undertaking his subject; the guiding …
Английский словарь Webster
MOTIVE — (n.) The theme or subject; a leading phrase or passage which is reproduced and varied through the course of a …
Английский словарь Webster
MOTIVE — (n.) That which incites to action; anything prompting or exciting to choise, or moving the will; cause; reason; inducement; object.
Английский словарь Webster
MOTIVE — (n.) That which moves; a mover.
Английский словарь Webster
MOTIVE — ( v. t. ) To prompt or incite by a motive or motives; to move.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
MOTIVE — ( n. ) The theme or subject; a leading phrase or passage which is reproduced and varied through the course …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
MOTIVE — ( n. ) That which produces conception, invention, or creation in the mind of the artist in undertaking his subject; …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
MOTIVE — ( n. ) That which moves; a mover.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
MOTIVE — ( n. ) That which incites to action; anything prompting or exciting to choise, or moving the will; cause; reason; …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
-MOTIVE — a combining form of motive: automotive.
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
MOTIVE — adj. of motion, of reason or cause; inspiring to action
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
MOTIVE — n. something that causes a person to act, cause, incentive, purpose, intention; motif
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
MOTIVE — n. Pronunciation: ' m ō -tiv Function: transitive verb Inflected Form: mo · tived ; mo · tiv · ing …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
MOTIVE — n. Pronunciation: ' m ō -tiv Function: adjective Etymology: Middle French or Medieval Latin; Middle French motif, from Medieval Latin …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
MOTIVE — n. Pronunciation: ' m ō -tiv, 2 is also m ō - ' t ē v Function: noun Etymology: Middle …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
MOTIVE — ■ noun 1》 a reason for doing something. 2》 a motif. ■ adjective 1》 producing physical or mechanical motion. 2》 …
Concise Oxford English vocab
MOTIVE — in music, a leading phrase or figure that is reproduced and varied through the course of a composition or movement. …
Britannica English vocabulary
MOTIVE — n., adj., & v. --n. 1 a factor or circumstance that induces a person to act in a particular way. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
MOTIVE — n., adj., & v. n. 1 a factor or circumstance that induces a person to act in a particular way. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
MOTIVE — n., adj., & v. --n. 1. a factor or circumstance that induces a person to act in a particular way. …
Oxford English vocab
MOTIVE — Synonyms and related words : activating, active, actuating, aim, ambition, angle, animating, animus, antecedent, argument, aspiration, attraction, basis, burden, case, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
MOTIVE — n. Function: noun 1 the object influencing a choice or prompting an action FF1C; trying to discover what was his …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
MOTIVE — n. 1. Inducement, incentive, impulse, incitement, stimulus, spur, prompting, influence, reason, ground, consideration, cause, occasion, prime mover, why and wherefore. …
Dictionary of English Synonyms
MOTIVE — noun 1. the object influencing a choice or prompting an action trying to discover what was his motive in killing …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
MOTIVE — noun
Oxford Collocations Dictionary Second Edition
MOTIVE — See ↑ REASON 1
Longman Activator English vocab
MOTIVE — n. 1) to establish, find a ~ 2) to question smb.'s ~s 3) altruistic; base; honorable; humane; noble; selfish; ulterior …
The Bbi Combinatory Dictionary of English - A Guide to Word Combinations
MOTIVE — Мотив
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
MOTIVE — побуждать служить мотивом или причиной (преим. pass.) мотивировать движущий; двигательный повод, мотив, побуждение основная тема, главная мысль, лейтмотив
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
MOTIVE — (v) побуждать; служить мотивом; стимулировать
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary

Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык

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