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1. (v.t.) motivate
to provide with a motive or motives; incite; impel.
Etymology: (1860–65)
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1. (verb) motivate, actuate, propel, move, prompt, incite
give an incentive for action
"This moved me to sacrifice my career"
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1. (verb) motivate
to make sb feel that they want to do sth
Teachers need to be able to motivate students to learn.
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Sense: to cause to act in a particular way
He was motivated by jealousy.
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 Afrikaans: motiveer |
 Arabic: يُحَفِّز |
 Bulgarian: мотивирам |
 Brazilian: motivar |
 Czech: podnítit |
 German: anregen |
 Danish: motivere |
 Greek: ωθώ, παρακινώ |
 Spanish: motivar |
 Estonian: ajendama |
 Farsi: تحريک کردن |
 Finnish: motivoida |
 French: pousser |
 Hebrew: לְהָנִיע |
 Hindi: प्रेरित करना |
 Croatian: motivirati |
 Hungarian: motivál |
 Indonesian: mendorong |
 Icelandic: hvetja, kveikja löngun/áh |
 Italian: motivare |
 Japanese: 動機づける |
 Korean: 동기를 부여하다 |
 Lithuanian: skatinti |
 Latvian: motivēt; rosināt |
 Malay: bermotivasi |
 Dutch: drijven, aanzetten |
 Norwegian: motivere |
 Polish: motywować |
 Persian: تحريک کردن |
 Pashto: تحريك كول |
 Portuguese: motivar |
 Romanian: aîmpinge, a motiva |
 Russian: побуждать |
 Slovak: podnietiť |
 Slovenian: spodbuditi |
 Serbian: motivisati |
 Swedish: motivera |
 Thai: กระตุ้น |
 Turkish: sebep olmak, güdülemek |
 Taiwanese: 激發 |
 Ukrainian: спонукати |
 Urdu: ترغیب دینا |
 Vietnamese: thúc đẩy |
 Chinese: 激发 |
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