motivatein a sentence
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We pay low salary, but high commission to motivate our salespeople to work hard and smart.motivate = make someone want to do something
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She is not a very motivated student.motivated = enthusiastic (wanting to do something)
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Authorities believe the crime was racially motivated.motivated = done for the reason just stated
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She is motivated by a sincere desire to help others.motivated = made to want to do something
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The opposing player's tweet motivated the team to want a win.motivated = made someone want to do something
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Increased price will motivate increased production.motivate = provide a reason (to make something happen)
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I think the decision was motivated by self-interest.motivated = provided with a reason (to do something)
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Any saying or ground rule that can motivate you. (source)motivate = make someone want to do something
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That was one of the motivating forces pushing Trisolaran civilization to tenaciously come back again and again.† (source)motivating = making someone want to do something
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Social psychologists have shown that group belief is a powerful motivator in performance.† (source)motivator = someone or something that makes someone want to do something
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Instead of feeling fast and full of fight, I felt heavy and strangely unmotivated, almost as if I weren't really playing the game but was instead watching it from somewhere inside my head.† (source)unmotivated = not wanting to do somethingstandard prefix: The prefix "un-" in unmotivated means not and reverses the meaning of motivated. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
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I think it's truthful, and I hope it inspires and motivates people to tackle any obstacles in their lives.† (source)motivates = makes someone want to do something
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I have to get motivated, he thought, remembering Perpich. (source)motivated = enthusiastic (wanting to do something)
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"Chris would use the spiritual aspect to try to motivate us," recalls Eric Hathaway, another friend on the team. (source)motivate = make someone want to do something
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He found her carnal and motivating.† (source)motivating = making someone want to do something
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Fear, Langdon now realized, was an intense motivator.† (source)motivator = someone or something that makes someone want to do something
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