noun
Freq #9327
Meanings
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1
noun
The desire and willingness to do something.
After failing twice, she lost all her motivation to try again.
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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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