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Motivated

[moh-tuh-veyt]

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verb (used with object), -vat·ed, -vat·ing.

to provide with a motive or motives; incite; impel.

Origin:
1860–65; motive + -ate¹

Related forms

mo·ti·va·tor, noun

de·mo·ti·vate, verb (used with object), -vat·ed, -vat·ing.

de·mo·ti·va·tor, noun

non·mo·ti·vat·ed, adjective

re·mo·ti·vate, verb (used with object), -vat·ed, -vat·ing.

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un·mo·ti·vat·ed, adjective

un·mo·ti·vat·ing, adjective

well-mo·ti·vat·ed, adjective

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Synonyms
induce, move, provoke, prompt, cause.

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Example Sentences

It was a legally flawed, politically motivated decision that should not be glossed over by fond memories.

Our system of four-year and two-year colleges is more flexible, allowing greater opportunity for highly motivated students.

They are motivated either by vengeance, or the collection of unpaid drug debts, which evolve into ransom demands.

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It was a legally flawed, politically motivated decision that should not be glossed over by fond memories.

Our system of four-year and two-year colleges is more flexible, allowing greater opportunity for highly motivated students.

They are motivated either by vengeance, or the collection of unpaid drug debts, which evolve into ransom demands.

Experts give an insight as to what motivated the dolphins to go to the surfer's rescue.

Krushchev points out correctly that our early space programs were politically motivated.

The knowing makes you less malleable and motivated by fear of the different.

Motivated crafters can find wire wreath frames online or at floral supply stores and whip up their own balsam-scented door decor.

Then he condemns earlier brain-and-politics findings for being simplistic and politically motivated.

Perhaps poorly motivated students don't belong in college.

However, if satisfaction is too pale and fleeting, you won't be motivated to pursue it.

Others may be motivated by environmental causes, such as the energy and land required to raise livestock.

Her views, science and research aside, are commercially motivated.

Men were believed to be more sane, more motivated by reason, more in control of themselves emotionally.

We seek motivated and academically distinguished scholars to join our ambitious departmental goals.

But too much of the cacophony of criticism is confused, hypocritical or ideologically motivated.

If you can involve outdoor sports-skiing and surfing and fun things-people become more motivated.

The rest of the science crew is in good spirits and motivated to get more data.

His wit and spirit motivated me to a degree of higher aspiration than any other speaker has done in my life time.

Particularly the part about the leader of the venture squashing the visions of his poorly motivated underlings.

Some warbird hunters are motivated by profit, others by personal pleasure or respect for the machines.

He and many others got away with it for politically motivated politicos who thought anti communism was ore important than justice.

Years of politically motivated lending and slack controls have left nasty stains on the balance sheet.

Selfish reasons certainly motivated the male fox, who wanted to keep playing.

The effort is not motivated merely by historical curiosity.

The plaintiffs originally included religiously motivated groups, who were ruled to lack legal standing.

Yamanaka became highly motivated to solve two main problems surrounding embryonic stem cells.

Britain's chargé d'affaires was forced to deny that the warning was politically motivated.

They are motivated by greed and fear and are therefore incapable of rational thought.

Ituri is home to five militias, tribally-based but often motivated more by loot than ethnic solidarity.

Thus, particles motivated by a century-old puzzle in particle physics beautifully explain cosmological observations.

So the administration has responded fiercely to the charges, which it claims are politically motivated.

Those motivated to introduce change are not usually motivated to consider any consequences, anyway.

He then helped further by describing what it was that motivated people at this level.

But that rejection has long motivated her to excel in her career.

We offer a dynamic international environment with exceptionally talented and motivated students and postdocs.

Motivated by a need to save them from death, each day he returned the stars to the ocean.

Archaeologists say they are motivated by what they see as an unprecedented, incalculable loss.

Spano, said that a grand jury report was politically motivated and misleading.

They are more motivated to learn independently--no spoon feeding or hand holding required.

Proof, perhaps, that workers are motivated best by shorter hours and more holidays.

That's what motivated me to pick up a whole, fresh pomegranate.

The encryption challenge was what motivated enthusiasts of distributed computing to work together.

Bata also made it clear that the company's move into less-developed markets was primarily motivated by business concerns.

The new seminar theme was partly motivated by racial tensions and protests on the campus, said.

All of these deals were motivated by a single trend that has become the industry's new mantra: convergence.

Let me give you a down-to-earth example, and this is what primarily motivated me in this.

The booths' aesthetic choice wasn't motivated by a desire to meld low-tech form with high-tech function.

In contrast, modern artists who have produced conceptual innovations have been motivated by criteria that are other than visual:.

Unfortunately, the goal that motivated many to join the original revolt earlier this year is proving harder to reach:.

The thought of rescuing climbers was one of the things that motivated me to do this project.

Iyengar points out that the people who chose against their tastes were often unconscious of what motivated their decision.

Hamm was among the first blacks charged with a racially motivated crime against a white person under the act.

These steps are ostensibly motivated by a desire to defend the poor from getting stuck in a debt.

Learn what motivated this famous mountaineer before and after he reached the top of the world.

He has motivated school, parents and the general public all this while.

He was motivated to pursue his idea when he read a story in his local paper about a teenage girl who couldn't speak.

Motivated students whose working memories are less powerful are less likely to fold under exam pressure, the study found.

Invite motivated students to share what they have written.

The research was motivated by contents in the formula and mother's milk, not the feeding method.

But those who are motivated to get others interested in the music can make some money if people opt to buy the tracks.

Each man is motivated by an ideology, which makes the situations all the more gripping.

To understand what motivated this violence, the researchers looked at which chimps were actually attacked.

Emmanuel had clearly been motivated by the success and potential of text messaging.

Many scientists are highly motivated to disregard or selectively reinterpret negative results that could doom their careers.

It turns out that all that haggling at a dealership is motivated not by greedy dealers or cheap consumers.

Guides interviewed were knowledgeable and motivated.

If a person is truely motivated to steal something they will eventually succeed.

Typically, he says, space entrepreneurs and investors are motivated more by a desire to pioneer than to profit.

The pragmatists who began it were motivated by medical considerations.

It is nothing more than politically motivated pseudo-science.

Dune's appendices blew my mind as a young nerd and motivated me to create excessive backstory in my own experiments with fiction.

One does not have to be happy with what they do for a living or be motivated.

Some subjects can be dry, but a fun experience with a dry subject can keep you motivated to learn.

In any case, it seems likely that investors and commodity consumers are motivated by the same factors.

To what extent these claims are highly exaggerated and politically motivated has yet to be seen.

Meanwhile, executives are motivated by share options.

We must become politically motivated to bring about the change you.

The company says its plans are not motivated by a desire to cut costs.

Unless you are completely motivated by cash, today, you are not going to want to use wind power.

The best guess is that the superbond is motivated by politics, not finance.

Congress is far more sensitive to lobbying than the president and to small but highly motivated groups of voters.

Rather they are motivated by the desire to avoid having to do anything about the problem.

Its adherents are motivated by feelings of guilt, and the urge to atone for fleshly sins.

They seem to be motivated by the sobering realities of supply and demand, rather than reckless speculation.

Politically motivated pseudoscience is the only thing propping up global warming alarmist scams.

But public opinion still sees these investigations as politically motivated.

Not all environmental studies are politically motivated.

Eugenics and master races were mis-applications of science for politically motivated reasons.

Its announcement this month is motivated more by worry than ambition.

Spencer is religiously motivated in his behavior and words.

That's an intellectually lazy and emotionally motivated cop out.

It's pretty clear that the doubt mongering is motivated by opposition to the policies proposed to solve global warming.

We were motivated to do this study by other studies looking at evaluation of women and men.

Everybody in now financially motivated to conserve and they will.

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Etymonline

Word Origin & History

motivate

1885, "to stimulate toward action," from motive (q.v.), perhaps modeled on Fr. motiver or Ger. motivieren. Related: Motivated; motivating.

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