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Motivated Motivate Motivation Verb Emotion Behave Achieve Crime

word motivate
definition
verb
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.
The crime was not politically motivated.
I don't want to be missing out. And that motivates me to get up and do something every day.
...highly motivated employees.
His poor performance may be attributed to lack of motivation.
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.
Gross's skill in motivation looked in doubt when his side began the second half badly.
inflections motivatesmotivatingmotivatedmotivatedmotivationmotivation
cefr-level B2

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