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motive
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[ˈməʊtɪv], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a reason for doing something
(e.g: police were unable to establish a motive for his murder)
- a motif in art, literature, or music
Phrases:
Origin
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late Middle English: from Old French motif (adjective used as a noun), from late Latin motivus, from movere ‘to move’
[ˈməʊtɪv], (Adjective)
Definitions:
- producing physical or mechanical motion
(e.g: the charge of gas is the motive force for every piston stroke)
- causing or being the reason for something
(e.g: the motive principle of a writer's work)
Phrases:
Origin
:
late Middle English: from Old French motif (adjective used as a noun), from late Latin motivus, from movere ‘to move’
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