"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
(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
1. exact motive = dokładny motyw exact motive
2. specific motive = określony motyw specific motive
3. particular motive = szczególny motyw particular motive
4. precise motive = dokładny motyw precise motive
  • The precise motives for the French intervention have never been clear.
  • 'It is impossible to determine the precise motive,' a spokesman for the Brussels prosecutor's office commented.
  • I don't suppose we'll ever know his precise motives.
  • More than two years after the blast, the authorities can still only speculate about a precise motive and who financed the plot.
  • Ravna might mask her precise motives, but her desperation was clear.
  • Lieutenant Mercado said investigators had not yet identified suspects or a precise motive in the shootout.
  • Even to those who accept that conclusion, Oswald's precise motives remain unclear.
  • Still, the precise motives of the hijackers are murky.
  • We don't have a precise motive at this point.
  • Sadness almost always stems from a precise motive and is therefore concentrated, whereas there are no exterior causes for melancholy.
(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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