motivate

English

Etymology

motive +‎ -ate

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈməʊtɪveɪt/
• (US) IPA: /ˈmoʊtɪveɪt/

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)
• 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)
• Jèrriais: motiver
• Korean: ...에 동기를 주다 (...-e donggireul juda)
• Polish: motywować (pl)
• Portuguese: motivar (pt)
• Russian: мотивировать (motivírovat’)
• Serbo-Croatian: motivírati (sh)
• 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