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motivate

[ US /ˈmoʊtəˌveɪt/ ]
[ UK /mˈə‍ʊtɪvˌe‍ɪt/ ]
VERB
  1. give an incentive for action
    This moved me to sacrifice my career

How To Use motivate In A Sentence

  • Examinations do not motivate a student to seek more knowledge.
  • The company says it “would be elated to have a personable, motivated self-starter such as yourself join our team of merry pornstars.” Will Ferrell First Guest On “The Tonight Show With Conan O’Brien”
  • Apathetic patients become unmotivated and uninterested in their surroundings.
  • Many say a sense of sisterhood motivates them to protect other mothers from the fear and pain they have faced.
  • Nothing demotivates people like the equal treatment of unequals.
  • The shame of NOT celebrating something I've informed my readers about motivates me not to forget the date--a form of precommitment! Zoe P. Strassfield: Plans and Precommitment: 2012 in Space!
  • She was motivated by deep religious conviction.
  • Instead, they got Richards to acknowledge that a motivated forger with advanced technology could fool even veteran photo analysts.
  • The teacher all he could to motivate the students to study hard.
  • Takla Haymanot of Gojjam, another of John's powerful and ambitious subjects, was also motivated solely by self-interest.
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