Meaning
- (verb) To provide someone with an incentive to do something; to encourage. “The weekly staff meeting was meant to motivate employees.”
- (verb) To animate; to propel; to cause to take action “He was motivated purely by self-interest.”
Letter breakdown
- Motivate contains 8 letters: 4 vowel(s) and 4 consonant(s).
- It uses 7 unique letters.
- Estimated syllable count: 3.
- Scrabble-style letter score: 13.
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Reader questions
What does Motivate mean?
To provide someone with an incentive to do something; to encourage.
How many letters are in Motivate?
Motivate has 8 letters.
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