All 3 Uses
motive
in
The Broken Gun
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- There will be no known motive.†
motive = reason (for doing something)
- The motives for such actions they did not know, but what happened they had known.†
motives = reasons for doing something
- I would be an invited guest, they had no motive for wanting me out of the way that anyone could guess ...it would simply be an accident.†
*motive = reason (for doing something)
Definitions:
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(1)
(motive as in: What is her motive?) a reason for doing something
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) Less commonly, motive can refer to something that causes motion in an inanimate object. Even less commonly, it can refer to a distinctive feature in music, art, or literature.