motivate
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verb- 1.
(transitive)To provide someone with an incentive to do something; to encourage; to actuate.
The weekly staff meeting was meant to motivate employees.
Đồng nghĩa: drive, spur, abet, actuate, goose, light a fire under, send, sting, bring about, cheer, draw, drive, encourage, egg on, engender, evoke, excite, foment, goad, grill, ignite, impel, incite, induce, inflame, instigate, invoke, lash, motive, motivate, move, obligate, oblige, push, promote, prompt, provoke, rouse, set off, spark off, spur, spur on, stimulate, stir, stir up, stoke, tempt, urge, whet, whip up
- 2.
(transitive)To animate; to propel; to cause to take action.
He was motivated purely by self-interest.
Steam-motivated pumps are used in manufacturing.
Đồng nghĩa: drive, move, push
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motive Compare motiver.