motive

Etymology
From, from , , and their source, , neuter of.

Noun

 * 1)  An idea or communication that makes one want to act, especially from spiritual sources; a divine prompting.
 * 2) An incentive to act in a particular way; a reason or emotion that makes one want to do something; anything that prompts a choice of action.
 * 3)  A limb or other bodily organ that can move.
 * 4)  Something which causes someone to want to commit a crime; a reason for criminal behaviour.
 * 5)  A motif.
 * 6)  A motif; a theme or subject, especially one that is central to the work or often repeated.
 * 1)  A limb or other bodily organ that can move.
 * 2)  Something which causes someone to want to commit a crime; a reason for criminal behaviour.
 * 3)  A motif.
 * 4)  A motif; a theme or subject, especially one that is central to the work or often repeated.
 * 1)  A motif.
 * 2)  A motif; a theme or subject, especially one that is central to the work or often repeated.
 * 1)  A motif.
 * 2)  A motif; a theme or subject, especially one that is central to the work or often repeated.

Synonyms

 * (creative works) motif

Translations

 * Albanian:
 * Arabic: حَافِز
 * Belarusian: маты́ў
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: ,
 * Danish: bevæggrund,
 * Dutch:, ,
 * Finnish: ,
 * French: ,
 * German: ,
 * Hebrew: מניע
 * Hungarian:
 * Ido:
 * Irish: réasún
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Korean:
 * Ladino: sebeb, sebep
 * Latin:
 * Macedonian: мотив
 * Occitan:
 * Persian:
 * Plautdietsch: Drief
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: мо̀тӣв
 * Roman:
 * Slovak: motív
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:, móbil
 * Swedish:
 * Thai:
 * Tocharian B: ṣarm
 * Ukrainian: моти́в
 * Vietnamese: (動機)


 * Belarusian: маты́ў
 * Bulgarian:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * Hebrew:
 * Ido:
 * Polish: ,
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Slovak: motív
 * Spanish:
 * Ukrainian: моти́в


 * Catalan:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Ido:
 * Polish:
 * Russian:
 * Turkish:


 * Estonian:
 * German:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Norwegian:
 * Romanian:
 * Slovak:
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:, ,

Verb

 * 1)  To prompt or incite by a motive or motives; to move.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Ido:

Adjective

 * 1) Causing motion; having power to move, or tending to move
 * 2) Relating to motion and/or to its cause
 * 1) Relating to motion and/or to its cause
 * 1) Relating to motion and/or to its cause
 * 1) Relating to motion and/or to its cause
 * 1) Relating to motion and/or to its cause

Translations

 * Belarusian: ру́хаючы
 * Bulgarian:
 * Czech: hybný
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: liike-, liikkeellepaneva, liikunta-
 * French:
 * Georgian: მამოძრავებელი
 * Russian:
 * Ukrainian: руші́йний


 * Bulgarian: двигателен
 * Dutch:, motioneel
 * Finnish: liike-, liikkeellepaneva, liikunta-
 * French: ,

Etymology
, past participle of.

Adjective

 * 1) motivated