"motive" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

motive sustantivo

sustantivo + motive

Kolokacji: 3

profit motive • revenge motive • base motive

motive + verbo

Kolokacji: 13

motive appears • motive seems • motive includes • motive varies • motive prompts • ...

verbo + motive

Kolokacji: 14

question one's motives • understand one's motives • explain one's motives • see motives • reveal one's motives • ...

adjetivo + motive

Kolokacji: 93

ulterior motive • political motive • possible motive • real motive • true motive • ...

colocaciones frecuentes

Kolokacji: 11

collocations grouped by meanings

Grup znaczeniowych: 29

(1) ulterior, hidden, secret

Kolokacji: 3

(2) political, real, true, good, sexual, ...

Kolokacji: 11

(3) possible, probable, potential, conceivable

Kolokacji: 4

(4) strong, powerful, compelling

Kolokacji: 3

(5) main, primary, principal, important

Kolokacji: 4

(6) personal, deep

Kolokacji: 2

(7) only, sole

Kolokacji: 2

(8) apparent, obvious, dominant

Kolokacji: 3

(9) different, similar, mixed

Kolokacji: 3

(10) selfish, altruistic, self-serving

Kolokacji: 3

1. selfish motive = samolubny motyw selfish motive

2. altruistic motive = altruistyczny motyw altruistic motive

Every major horror of history was committed in the name of an altruistic motive.
Not all progress was down to altruistic motives, however we liked to romanticise ourselves.
Don't go and give him altruistic motives for any of this.
Although he's not a principally bad person, he doesn't really follow altruistic motives either.
But he said he has an altruistic motive as well.
If I've made some mistakes, it is not for lack of altruistic motives.
Say one had less than altruistic motives, and wanted to take down a website.
But members of the league could also have less altruistic motives.
"I don't think it's all out of altruistic motives, but I'm glad."
Some are attracted by the fees; others, like Dana, have altruistic motives.

3. self-serving motive = wyrachowany motyw self-serving motive

(11) religious, clear, pure, complex

Kolokacji: 4

(12) sinister, improper, dark, bad, evil, ...

Kolokacji: 7

(13) economic, financial

Kolokacji: 2

(14) prime, original, American, best

Kolokacji: 4

(15) human, social, humanitarian

Kolokacji: 3

(16) high, noble, lofty

Kolokacji: 3

(17) racial, racist

Kolokacji: 2

(18) commercial, mercenary

Kolokacji: 2

(19) plausible, twisted

Kolokacji: 2

(20) psychological, rational

Kolokacji: 2

(21) exact, specific, precise, particular

Kolokacji: 4

(22) common, usual, single, individual

Kolokacji: 4

(23) unconscious, self-interested

Kolokacji: 2

(24) major, secondary, petty

Kolokacji: 3

(25) alleged, questionable, dubious

Kolokacji: 3

(26) known, unknown

Kolokacji: 2

(27) ultimate, immediate

Kolokacji: 2

(28) underlying, basic

Kolokacji: 2

(29) melodic, rhythmic

Kolokacji: 2

preposición + motive

Kolokacji: 13

of one's motives • about one's motives • on one's motives • with motives • for motives • ...

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