motive
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ˈmoʊ
mow
tive
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tiv
/mˈə‍ʊtÉĒv/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "motive"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āωāĻĻā§āĻĻ⧇āĻļā§āϝ, āĻ•āĻžāϰāĻŖ

a reason or purpose behind someone's actions or behavior
motive definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She had a clear motive for volunteering at the shelter — it was her passion.
āφāĻļā§āϰāϝāĻŧāϕ⧇āĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§āϰ⧇ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦ⧇āĻšā§āĻ›āĻžāϏ⧇āĻŦāĻ• āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻˇā§āϟ āωāĻĻā§āĻĻ⧇āĻļā§āϝ āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛â€”āĻāϟāĻž āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āϤāĻžāϰ āφāĻŦ⧇āĻ—āĨ¤
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āĻŽā§‹āϟāĻŋāĻĢ, āύāĻ•āĻļāĻž

a design or figure that consists of recurring shapes or colors, as in architecture or decoration
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āĻĒā§āϰ⧇āϰāĻŖāĻž, āĻŦāĻŋāώāϝāĻŧ

a theme that is repeated or elaborated in a piece of music
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āϚāĻžāϞāĻ•, āĻ—āϤāĻŋāĻļā§€āϞ

causing or able to cause motion
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āĻĒā§āϰ⧇āϰāĻŖāĻžāĻĻāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻ•, āωāĻĻā§āĻĻā§€āĻĒāĻ•

impelling to action

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

motiveless
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