Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to motivate
Participle: motivated
Gerund: motivating
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | motivate |
| you | motivate |
| he;she;it | motivates |
| we | motivate |
| you | motivate |
| they | motivate |
Perfect
| I | have motivated |
| you | have motivated |
| he;she;it | has motivated |
| we | have motivated |
| you | have motivated |
| they | have motivated |
Past
| I | motivated |
| you | motivated |
| he;she;it | motivated |
| we | motivated |
| you | motivated |
| they | motivated |
Pluperfect
| I | had motivated |
| you | had motivated |
| he;she;it | had motivated |
| we | had motivated |
| you | had motivated |
| they | had motivated |
Future
| I | will motivate |
| you | will motivate |
| he;she;it | will motivate |
| we | will motivate |
| you | will motivate |
| they | will motivate |
Future Perfect
| I | will have motivated |
| you | will have motivated |
| he;she;it | will have motivated |
| we | will have motivated |
| you | will have motivated |
| they | will have motivated |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | motivate |
| you | motivate |
| he;she;it | motivate |
| we | motivate |
| you | motivate |
| they | motivate |
Perfect
| I | have motivated |
| you | have motivated |
| he;she;it | have motivated |
| we | have motivated |
| you | have motivated |
| they | have motivated |
Imperfect
| I | motivated |
| you | motivated |
| he;she;it | motivated |
| we | motivated |
| you | motivated |
| they | motivated |
Pluperfect
| I | had motivated |
| you | had motivated |
| he;she;it | had motivated |
| we | had motivated |
| you | had motivated |
| they | had motivated |
Conditional
Present
| I | would motivate |
| you | would motivate |
| he;she;it | would motivate |
| we | would motivate |
| you | would motivate |
| they | would motivate |
Perfect
| I | would have motivated |
| you | would have motivated |
| he;she;it | would have motivated |
| we | would have motivated |
| you | would have motivated |
| they | would have motivated |
Imperative
| you | motivate |
| we | Let's motivate |
| you | motivate |
Verbs conjugated like 'motivate'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'motivate'
activate,
æstivate,
demotivate,
estivate,
mitigate,
motive,
motorvate,
mutilate,
remotivate,
rotavate,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- motivate, provide an incentive for
- drive, incentivize, push, urge
- to encourage or persuade into action; to bring about a reaction
- abet, actuate, bring about, encourage, engender, evoke, excite, foment, goad, grill, impel, incite, induce, instigate, invoke, move, prompt, provoke, rouse, set off, spur, stir, stir up, urge, whip up
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Anglo-Norman motifder.
3. Middle French motifder.
4. Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁-
5. Proto-Indo-European *-yeti
6. Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti
7. Proto-Indo-European *m(y)owh₁éyeti
8. Proto-Italic *moweō
9. Latin moveō
10. Latin mōtus
11. Proto-Indo-European *-wós
12. Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder.
13. Latin -īvus
14. Late Latin mōtīvumder.
15. Middle English motif
16. English motive
17. Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
18. Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
19. Proto-Indo-European *-tós
20. Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos
21. Proto-Italic *-ātos
22. Latin -ātuslbor.
23. English -ate
24. English motivate
25. From motive + -ate (verb-forming suffix). Compare French motiver. See: French '
motiver'.
Sample Sentences
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The weekly staff meeting was meant to motivate employees.
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Armor-piercing shells were heading up the shell hoists, but this procedure took a few minutes, allowing the battered American flagship to reply in kind, the gunners somewhat motivated to set new records for the rate of fire as the cruiser raked the larger ship from stem to stern in response. [2021 March 10, Drachinifel, 17:51 from the start, in Guadalcanal Campaign - The Big Night Battle: Night 1 (IJN 3(?) : 2 USN), archived from the original on 17 Oct 2022:]
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He was motivated purely by self-interest.
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Steam-motivated pumps are used in manufacturing.