"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 • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 29
(1) ulterior, hidden, secret
Kolokacji: 3
(4) strong, powerful, compelling
Kolokacji: 3
(6) personal, deep
Kolokacji: 2
(7) only, sole
Kolokacji: 2
(8) apparent, obvious, dominant
Kolokacji: 3
(9) different, similar, mixed
Kolokacji: 3
(13) economic, financial
Kolokacji: 2
(15) human, social, humanitarian
Kolokacji: 3
1. human motive = ludzki motyw human motive
2. social motive = społeczny motyw social motive
  • Some filmmakers portrayed the former outlaw as a revenger, replacing "social with exclusively personal motives."
  • Here, the ethnic origins and social motives become as important as how the listener is made to feel.
  • There is an obvious social motive behind explanations with a sharing function.
  • Art historians have explored the painting's racial, sexual, and social motives in the context of American society at the time.
  • Functional projection: How fundamental social motives can bias interpersonal perception.
  • The drama's second act is often ungainly and reductionist, particularly in unfolding the social motives of Vi's revenge.
  • The organization had some political and social motives, but mostly served as a strong-arm muscle for the crime family.
  • He wrote numerous Polish-language verse forms (many were lost afterwards) based on biblical, social, and erotic motives.
  • Germany and Austria wish to maintain this restriction until 2011, without any more serious economic and social motive.
  • Perhaps akin to the development of music and singing, which has also been explained through social motives.
3. humanitarian motive = motyw humanitarysty humanitarian motive
(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
(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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