motivate

English

Etymology

motive +‎ -ate

Verb

motivate (third-person singular simple present motivates, present participle motivating, simple past and past participle motivated)

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

Antonyms

• demotivate

Related terms

• motivated
• motive

Translations

to encourage

Arabic: حث (ħáθθa) Catalan: motivar (ca) Chinese: 激发 (jīfā) Croatian: motivírati (hr) Czech: motivovat (cs) Dutch: motiveren Finnish: motivoida (fi) French: motiver (fr) Georgian: შეგულიანება (šegulianeba) German: motivieren (de)

Hungarian: motivál (hu) Italian: motivare (it) 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) Polish: motywować (pl) Portuguese: motivar (pt) Russian: мотивировать (motivírovat’) Spanish: motivar (es) Swedish: motivera (sv) Telugu: ప్రేరేపించు (preareapinchu)

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Italian

Adjective

motivate f.

1. Feminine plural form of motivato

Verb

motivate

1. second-person plural present indicative of motivare
2. second-person plural imperative of motivare
3. Feminine plural of motivato

Anagrams

• vomitate