Let’s talk about the word ‘motivate.’
Motivate: verb
- to give motive, reason or cause to act
He was motivated by the prospect of profit.
2. simulate someone’s interest or enthusiasm for something
My mother tried to motivate me to study biology by doing experiments with me.
Related verbs:
Demotivate: cause someone to lose motivation to do something
Motivation: noun
- desire or willingness to do something
It is not always easy to keep up motivation when things get difficult.
2. the reason or reasons one has for acting or behaving in a particular way.
Heartbreak and desire to forget one’s ex can be a strong motivation for travel.
Synonyms: motive, stimulus, incentive, inspiration, impulse, provocation, reason
Verbs that go with motivation:
have: Many young learners have very poor motivation.
lack / lose: The students lost all their motivation for writing poetry. |
generate, provide: Rewarding the young puppy with treats generates motivation to obey the owner.
improve, increase, strengthen: Internal motivation increases with the level of success.
Adjectives:
Motivated: He is always motivated to do well at sports.
Motivating: The prospect of getting the award was very motivating.
Unmotivated: After the accident, he was totally unmotivated to train for the championships, because he knew he couldn’t win.
Unmotivating: Coming second in the race was totally un-motivating.
Well-motivated: She is always so well-motivated to get the best grades, because she knows getting the scholarship depends on it.
Collocations that go with the word motivate:
to motivate + (Object): e.g. to motivate people
people, someone, student, action, decision, them, attack, employee, individual, crime, staff, learner, murder, research,
Subject + motivate +(s) e.g. desire motivate +(s)
desire, success, concern, it, fear, ability, factor, experience,