motivation

«motivation» in Mova's school dictionary: The wish or energy to do something and keep trying — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (motivation — uncountable; a motivation, motivations)

meaning for a pupil

1) The wish or energy to do something and keep trying. tree →

2) A reason for doing something. tree →

3) (formal) Something that gives a reason or encourages action. tree →

sense in the lessons

Used at school ("Where's your motivation today?"), in sport, in science about why animals behave as they do, and in stories about a character's reasons for acting. Phrases: "lack of motivation", "lose motivation", "a strong motivation", "the motivation behind".

examples

• I lost my motivation to practise piano after the holidays. tree →
• Winning the cup was a big motivation for the team. tree →
• What was the villain's motivation for stealing the jewel? tree →
• Our teacher gives us stickers for motivation. tree →
• Hunger is a strong motivation for animals to hunt. tree →
• She has lots of motivation; she practises every day. tree →
• The motivation behind the new rule was to keep everyone safe. tree →

note

Usually uncountable ("lots of motivation", not "lots of motivations") when it means the wish to do something; countable when it means a particular reason. Verb: "motivate"; adjective: "motivated". In police stories, "motive" is the usual word for the reason for a crime.

In the corpora

• Seeing your coins pile up in a see-through jar helps keep you going; this push to keep going is called motivation.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «motivation» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.