motive
Causing motion; having power to move, or tending to moveCausing motion; having power to move, or tending to move
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» Tom had no motive to kill Mary.
У Тома не было мотивов для убийства Мэри. — marafon
Том не мав мотиву вбивати Мері. — Anjy
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
2 senses(not comparable)Causing motion; having power to move, or tending to move
a motive argument
motive power
дви́жущийdvížuščij
руші́йнийrušíjnyj
causing or able to cause motion
(not comparable)Relating to motion and/or to its cause
Examples
138 sentencesTom had no motive to kill Mary.
Том не мав мотиву вбивати Мері. — Anjy
ruУ Тома не было мотивов для убийства Мэри. — marafon
The motive for the murder isn't yet known.
Мотив убивства й досі невідомий. — deniko
Who had a motive to kill Tom?
У кого був мотив убити Тома? — miketheknight
Tom had a motive.
У Тома був мотив. — deniko
My motives were personal.
У мене були особисті мотиви. — deniko
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English motif, from Anglo-Norman motif, Middle French motif, and their source,From Middle English motif, from Anglo-Norman motif, Middle French motif, and their source, Late Latin motivum (“motive, moving cause”), neuter of motivus.
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Synonyms
13 synonyms- causing or able to cause motion:motor
- impelling to action:motivativemotivating
Word family
9 related wordsCollocations
4 patterns- ulterior motives
- motive for the
- motive for doing
- the motive for
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.