Betekenis van:
motive

motive
Bijvoeglijk naamwoord
  • mbt. beweeglijkheid
  • causing or able to cause motion
"a motive force"
"motive power"

Synoniemen

motive
Bijvoeglijk naamwoord
  • de motor betreffend
  • causing or able to cause motion
"a motive force"
"motive power"

Synoniemen

motive
Bijvoeglijk naamwoord
    • impelling to action
    "motive pleas"

    Synoniemen

    motive
    Zelfstandig naamwoord
    • zin om iets te doen
    • the psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal; the reason for the action; that which gives purpose and direction to behavior
    "he acted with the best of motives"

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    Hyponiemen

    motive
    Zelfstandig naamwoord
    • bewegingskracht
    • the psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal; the reason for the action; that which gives purpose and direction to behavior
    "he acted with the best of motives"

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    motive
    Zelfstandig naamwoord
    • het kleinste gedeelte van een muzikale zin
    • a theme that is repeated or elaborated in a piece of music

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    motive
    Zelfstandig naamwoord
      • a design or figure that consists of recurring shapes or colors, as in architecture or decoration

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      Voorbeeldzinnen

      1. She is acting from some selfish motive.
      2. What's his motive for committing murder?
      3. Jealousy was the motive for the murder.
      4. What was his motive for doing it?
      5. No, he doesn't have a motive.
      6. What was his motive for setting the house on fire?
      7. Your motive was admirable, but your action was not.
      8. Nobody seemed to have a motive for the murder.
      9. Now we are better able to understand their motive.
      10. These days, the motive for marriage is not necessarily pure.
      11. Nobody likes to have his true motive doubted.
      12. The motive for the murder is not yet known.
      13. Bomb-making criminals frequently have the motive of wanting public attention.
      14. You may rest assured; I have no ulterior motive in making this donation.
      15. They were there with some other motive in mind which she still didn’t know about.