Motivate

Verb

 * 1)  To provide someone with an incentive to do something; to encourage.
 * 2) * The weekly staff meeting was meant to motivate employees.
 * 3)  To animate; to propel; to cause to take action
 * 4) * He was motivated purely by self-interest.
 * 5) * Steam motivated pumps are used in manufacturing.

Antonyms

 * demotivate

Related terms

 * motivated
 * motive

Thesaurus
activate, actuate, animate, arouse, bring, bring about, bring on, cajole, call forth, cause, coax, compel, contrive, draw down, draw on, drive, drive on, effect, egg on, elicit, encourage, energize, evoke, excite, force, forward, foster, galvanize, get, give an impetus, give momentum, goad, impel, incite, induce, influence, inspire, instigate, lead, mobilize, move, move to action, nudge, obtain, occasion, persuade, pique, power, procure, prod, promote, prompt, propel, provoke, push, put in motion, quicken, rouse, set agoing, set going, set in motion, shove, spark, spur, stimulate, stir up, superinduce, tempt, thrust, urge, wheedle, whip on

Translations

 * Arabic:
 * Catalan: motivar
 * Chinese: 激发 (jīfā)
 * Croatian:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch: motiveren
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Georgian: შეგულიანება (šegulianeba)
 * German:


 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 動機を与える (どうきをあたえる, dōki o ataeru)
 * Korean: ...에 동기를 주다 (...-e donggireul juda)
 * Portuguese: motivar
 * Russian: мотивировать (motivírovat’)
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Telugu: ప్రేరేపించు (preareapinchu)

Adjective
motivate


 * 1) Feminine plural form of motivato

Verb
motivate



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