motivation

B1 Topic:Mind & Cognition
US /ˈmoʊ.tə.veɪ.ʃən/ UK /ˈməʊ.tɪ.veɪ.ʃən/
noun Freq #9327

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    The desire and willingness to do something.

    After failing twice, she lost all her motivation to try again.

  2. 2
    noun

    A reason or incentive for doing something.

    Money was his only motivation for taking the job.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
2 noun · a reason or incentive for... incentive
Word family
Forms motivations
Derived forms antimotivationcountermotivationdemotivationmotivationalmotivationlessnonmotivationremotivationsubmotivationtransmotivationundermotivationunmotivation

Etymology

From motive (verb) + -ation, probably after French motivation and German Motivation.

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