motivate
Meaning of motivate
verb
- To provide someone with an incentive to do something; to encourage.
The weekly staff meeting was meant to motivate employees.
- To animate; to propel; to cause to take action
He was motivated purely by self-interest.
Information about motivate
- It is a verb.
- The plural form of motivate is: motivates.
- Languages in which motivate is used:
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Hyphenation of motivate
mo-ti-vate
- It consists of 3 syllables and 8 chars.
- motivate is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
motivate synonyms
Meaning actuate:
actuate, propel, move, prompt, incite
motivate antonyms
Meaning :
Translation of motivate
- French: motiver, encourager
- German: motivieren, ermutigen
- Spanish: motivar, alentar
- Italian: motivare, incoraggiare
- Portuguese: alentar
Words that rhyme with motivate
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