motive

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim An idea or communication that makes one want to act, especially from spiritual sources; a divine prompting.

   “there's something in a woman beyond all human delight; a magnetic virtue, a charming quality, an occult and powerful motive.”

2. isim 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.

   “Many of them at first seemed kind to him, but it turned out their motives were not entirely altruistic.”

3. isim A limb or other bodily organ that can move.

   “every joint and motive of her body”

4. isim Something which causes someone to want to commit a crime; a reason for criminal behaviour.

   “What would his motive be for burning down the cottage?”

5. isim Alternative form of motif.

   “If you listen carefully, you can hear the flutes mimicking the cello motive.”

6. isim A party, gathering, or get-together.
7. isim One's plans for the day or night.

   “What's the motive for tonight, lads?”

8. fiil To prompt or incite by a motive or motives; to move.
9. sıfat Causing motion; having power to move, or tending to move

   “a motive argument”

10. sıfat Relating to motion and/or to its cause

    “Debussy's melody is fractional, fragmentary. But at the core all his music is melodic and melody is its main motive force.”