motive

Bedeutung (Englisch)

Verb

To prompt or incite by a motive or motives; to move.

Noun

1. (obsolete) An idea or communication that makes one want to act, especially from spiritual sources; a divine prompting.
2. An incentive to act in a particular way; a reason or emotion that makes one want to do something; anything that prompts a choice of action.
3. (obsolete) A limb or other bodily organ that can move.
4. Something which causes someone to want to commit a crime; a reason for criminal behaviour.
5. Alternative form of motif

Adj

1. Causing motion; having power to move, or tending to move
2. Relating to motion and/or to its cause

Konzepte

Motiv

Beweggrund

Antrieb

Motivation

Anlass

Wille

wahre Absicht

Grund

Ursache

Motivik

motorisch

Absicht

Ehrgeiz

Vorsatz

Wunsch

Ziel

Tenor

wesentlicher Inhalt

eigentlicher Wunsch

eigentliches Motiv

unverstellte Worte

wahres Gesicht

Veranlassung

Ansatz

Gelegenheit

Gunst des Augenblicks

günstiger Augenblick

Hauptbedeutung

Hauptziel

Wollen

treibend

Leistungsbereitschaft

Motivierung

Tatmotiv

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/ˈməʊtɪv/

Etymologie (Englisch)

From Middle English motif, from Anglo-Norman motif, Middle French motif, and their source, Late Latin motivum (“motive, moving cause”), neuter of motivus.