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motive |
Grep of noun motive diesel locomotive electric locomotive ethical motive irrational motive locomotive motive motive power railway locomotive rational motive steam locomotive tank locomotive Overview of noun motive The noun motive has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (18) motivation, motive, need -- (the psychological feature that arouses an organism to action the reason for the action "we did not understand his motivation"; "he acted with the best of motives") 2. motif, motive -- (a theme that is elaborated on in a piece of music) Overview of adj motive The adj motive has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (1) motive, motor -- (causing or able to cause motion; "a motive force"; "motive power"; "motor energy") 2. motivative, motive, motivating -- (impelling to action "it may well be that ethical language has primarily a motivative function"- Arthur Pap; "motive pleas"; "motivating arguments") Antonyms of adj motive 2 senses of motive Sense 1 motive(postnominal), motor INDIRECT (VIA causative) -> noncausative, noncausal Sense 2 motivative(postnominal), motive(postnominal), motivating INDIRECT (VIA causative) -> noncausative, noncausal Similarity of adj motive 2 senses of motive Sense 1 motive(postnominal), motor => causative (vs. noncausative) Sense 2 motivative(postnominal), motive(postnominal), motivating => causative (vs. noncausative) Attributes of adj motive Familiarity of adj motive motive used as an adjective is rare (polysemy count = 2) Grep of adj motive automotive electromotive emotive locomotive motive motiveless promotive Overview of noun motive The noun motive has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (18) motivation, motive, need -- (the psychological feature that arouses an organism to action the reason for the action "we did not understand his motivation"; "he acted with the best of motives") 2. motif, motive -- (a theme that is elaborated on in a piece of music) Overview of adj motive The adj motive has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (1) motive, motor -- (causing or able to cause motion; "a motive force"; "motive power"; "motor energy") 2. motivative, motive, motivating -- (impelling to action "it may well be that ethical language has primarily a motivative function"- Arthur Pap; "motive pleas"; "motivating arguments")
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