motivations
USmoh-tuh-VAY-shuhnz/ˈmoʊ.tə.veɪ.ʃənz/UKmoh-ti-VAY-shuhnz/ˈməʊ.tɪ.veɪ.ʃənz/
- 1Plural of motivation.
The detective tried to understand the suspect's motivations before the trial.
Economic and personal motivations often pull people in opposite directions.
Note
A regular -s plural that belongs mainly to the countable meanings of motivation, the incentives or reasons behind an action. The uncountable senses, willingness to act or the act of motivating, resist the plural. So "her motivation was low" stays singular, while "his motivations were mixed" counts separate reasons. The plural invites adjectives that sort those reasons: economic, personal, competing.
motivations is a form of motivation
motivation, noun: A reason or incentive that drives someone to do something. Full entry
- Forms
- motivationmotivations plural
- Spelling
- motivation → motivations: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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