motive
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Danh từ
noun- 1.
(obsolete)An idea or communication that makes one want to act, especially from spiritual sources; a divine prompting.
- 2.
An incentive to act in a particular way; a reason or emotion that makes one want to do something; anything that prompts a choice of action.
Đồng nghĩa: motivation
- 3.
(obsolete, rare)A limb or other bodily organ that can move.
- 4.
(law) Something which causes someone to want to commit a crime; a reason for criminal behaviour.
What would his motive be for burning down the cottage?
No-one could understand why she had hidden the shovel; her motives were obscure at best.
- 5.
(alt of, alternative)(architecture, fine arts, music) Alternative form of motif.
If you listen carefully, you can hear the flutes mimicking the cello motive.
- 6.
(British)A party, gathering, or get-together.
- 7.
(British)One's plans for the day or night.
What's the motive for tonight, lads?
Động từ
verb- 1.
(transitive)To prompt or incite by a motive or motives; to move.
Đồng nghĩa: motivate
Tính từ
adjective- 1.
(not comparable)Causing motion; having power to move, or tending to move
a motive argument
motive power
Đồng nghĩa: moving, ambulatory, animate, kinetic, mobile, motile, motive, movable, vagile
- 2.
(not comparable)Relating to motion and/or to its cause
Đồng nghĩa: kinetic, motional
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From Middle English motif, from motif, Middle French motif, and their source, motivum (motive, moving cause), neuter of motivus.