Langtolang Multilingual Dictionary

the psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal; the reason for the action; that which gives purpose and direction to behavior

• “we did not understand his motivation”
• “he acted with the best of motives”

a theme that is repeated or elaborated in a piece of music

a design or figure that consists of recurring shapes or colors, as in architecture or decoration

causing or able to cause motion

• “a motive force”
• “motive power”
• “motor energy”

impelling to action

• “it may well be that ethical language has primarily a motivative function"- Arthur Pap”
• “motive pleas”
• “motivating arguments”