Engelsk tillægsord: motive | |||
1. | motive causing or able to cause motion | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | A motive force. Motive power. Motor energy. | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | motor | ||
Termer med lignende betydning | causative | ||
Termer med modsat betydning (antonymer) | noncausal, noncausative | ||
2. | motive impelling to action | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | It may well be that ethical language has primarily a motivative function. Motive pleas. Motivating arguments. | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | motivating, motivative | ||
Termer med lignende betydning | causative | ||
Termer med modsat betydning (antonymer) | noncausal, noncausative | ||
Engelsk navneord: motive | |||
1. | motive 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 | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | We did not understand his motivation. He acted with the best of motives. | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | motivation, need | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | psychological feature | ||
Mere specifikke termer | ethical motive, ethics, impulse, irrational motive, life, mental energy, morality, morals, psychic energy, rational motive, urge | ||
2. | motive (om kommunikation) a theme that is repeated or elaborated in a piece of music | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | motif | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | idea, melodic theme, musical theme, theme | ||
Mere specifikke termer | obbligato, obligato | ||
3. | motive (om genstand) a design or figure that consists of recurring shapes or colors, as in architecture or decoration | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | motif | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | design, figure, pattern | ||