motive
IPA: mˈoʊtɪv
noun
- (obsolete) An idea or communication that makes one want to act, especially from spiritual sources; a divine prompting.
- An incentive to act in a particular way; a reason or emotion that makes one want to do something; anything that prompts a choice of action.
- (obsolete, rare) A limb or other bodily organ that can move.
- (law) Something which causes someone to want to commit a crime; a reason for criminal behaviour.
- (architecture, fine arts) A motif.
- (music) A motif; a theme or subject, especially one that is central to the work or often repeated.
verb
- (transitive) To prompt or incite by a motive or motives; to move.
adjective
- Causing motion; having power to move, or tending to move
- Relating to motion and/or to its cause
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Examples of "motive" in Sentences
- The difference is in the motive.
- The motive of the crime was revenge.
- The motive of the murder was the avenge.
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