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motivation in WordNet English dictionary

noun
  1. the act of motivating; providing incentive
    motivation  motivating 
  2. 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
    "we did not understand his motivation"; "he acted with the best of motives"
    motivation  motive  need 
  3. the condition of being motivated
    "his motivation was at a high level"
    motivation 
WordNet Lexical Database v3.0, © 2006 Princeton University


motivation in English Wiktionary

 
  1. (noun) Willingness of action esp. in behavior
  2. (noun) The action of motivate/motivating.
  3. (noun) Something which motivates.
  4. (noun) An incentive or reason for doing something.
  5. (noun) (context/advertising) a research rating that measures how the rational and emotional elements of a commercial affect consumer intention to consider, visit, or buy something.
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