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Grammar : Verb
Spell : moh-tuh-veyt
Phonetic Transcription : ˈmoʊ təˌveɪt

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Définition of motivated

Origin :
  • 1863, "to stimulate toward action," from motive + -ate (2); perhaps modeled on French motiver or German motivieren. Related: Motivated; motivating.
  • verb stimulate, instigate
Example sentences :
  • There is no doubt that the mind and heart are motivated in this way.
  • Extract from : « Rural Life and the Rural School » by Joseph Kennedy
  • What had motivated them no one knew, but the colony owed them their lives.
  • Extract from : « Image of the Gods » by Alan Edward Nourse
  • The mob is ever motivated by this logic of negation, and of automatic behavior.
  • Extract from : « The Behavior of Crowds » by Everett Dean Martin
  • Nellon, because of the purpose which motivated him, had gone along.
  • Extract from : « The Sphere of Sleep » by Chester S. Geier
  • It was almost as though she was motivated by some force outside herself.
  • Extract from : « Nan Sherwood's Summer Holidays » by Annie Roe Carr
  • This man Crawford—and his followers, for that matter—are motivated by high ideals.
  • Extract from : « Border, Breed Nor Birth » by Dallas McCord Reynolds
  • Dimly he realized that he was driven by the same dreariness-disease that motivated Brinker.
  • Extract from : « Comet's Burial » by Raymond Zinke Gallun
  • He put on his outdoor things and left the house, motivated now, for the first time in many hours, with a clear purpose.
  • Extract from : « The Real Adventure » by Henry Kitchell Webster
  • Artificial languages are products inspired and motivated by the functioning of our so-called natural language.
  • Extract from : « The Civilization of Illiteracy » by Mihai Nadin
  • Its current development appears to be motivated by a self-perpetuating drive: knowledge for the sake of knowledge.
  • Extract from : « The Civilization of Illiteracy » by Mihai Nadin

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