"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
  • At the same time, he united political motives with his religious policy.
  • At the same time, friends said his death had no political motive.
  • In the case of men, no political motives seem to be at work.
  • The police have not found any evidence of a political motive.
  • My original point is that this move has a political motive.
  • I wouldn't dismiss political motives for his changes in position.
  • They say he attributes political motives to everyone but himself.
  • This contract had to have a political motive behind it.
  • Today each side accused the other of putting political motives before the national interest.
  • "This was not done with a political motive," he said.
2. real motive = prawdziwy motyw real motive
3. true motive = prawdziwy motyw true motive
4. good motive = dobry motyw good motive
5. sexual motive = seksualny motyw sexual motive
6. partisan motive = motyw zwolennika partisan motive
7. actual motive = rzeczywisty motyw actual motive
8. ideological motive = ideologiczny motyw ideological motive
9. additional motive = dodatkowy motyw additional motive
10. patriotic motive = patriotyczny motyw patriotic motive
11. honorable motive = honorowy motyw honorable motive
(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
(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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