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to motivate
01
to make someone want to do something by giving them a reason or encouragement
Transitive: to motivate sb
Grammatical Information
Composition
derived
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
motivate
3rd person singular
motivates
Present participle
motivating
Past simple
motivated
Past participle
motivated
Examples
The coach 's pep talk was meant to motivate the team before the championship game.
Lexical Tree
demotivate
motivated
motivating
motivate
motiv
