motive

Từ điển American Heritage Dictionary 4th

mo·tive (mōʹtĭv)n.
1. An emotion, desire, physiological need, or similar impulse that acts as an incitement to action.
2. (mōʹtĭv, mō-tēvʹ) A motif in art, literature, or music.adj.
1. Causing or able to cause motion:
motive power.
2. Impelling to action:
motive pleas.
3. Of or constituting an incitement to action.tr.v. mo·tived, mo·tiv·ing, mo·tives
To motivate. [Middle English motif, motive, from Old French motif, from Late Latin mōtīvus, of motion, from Latin mōtus, past participle of movēre, to move. See meuə- in Indo-European Roots.]

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  motivative(a), motive(a), motivating, motor, motif, motivation, need