Betekenis van:
motive
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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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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Voorbeeldzinnen
- She is acting from some selfish motive.
- What's his motive for committing murder?
- What was his motive for setting the house on fire?
- Your motive was admirable, but your action was not.
- Nobody seemed to have a motive for the murder.
- Now we are better able to understand their motive.
- These days, the motive for marriage is not necessarily pure.
- Bomb-making criminals frequently have the motive of wanting public attention.
- You may rest assured; I have no ulterior motive in making this donation.
- Persons attempting to find a motive in this narrative will be prosecuted; persons attempting to find a moral in it will be banished; persons attempting to find a plot in it will be shot.
- The main motive for organised crime is financial gain.
- Vessels with their own motive power can be covered.
- The main motive for cross-border organised crime is financial gain.
- Technical Note ‘Active tooling units’ are devices for applying motive power, process energy or sensing to a work piece.
- N.B.:'Active tooling unit' means a device for applying motive power, process energy or sensing to the workpiece.