"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
1. possible motive = możliwy motyw possible motive
2. probable motive = prawdopodobny motyw probable motive
3. potential motive = potencjalny motyw potential motive
4. conceivable motive = wyobrażalny motyw conceivable motive
  • What conceivable motive to betray his own people?
  • Only the Peeps have both the resources to manage something like this and any conceivable motive for provoking us in this fashion.
  • "There's no conceivable motive for these people to promote themselves in the United States," he said.
  • Although he couldn't fathom any conceivable motive for such a tactic, it was plausible.
  • Anyway, the language business is the only conceivable motive for this book.
  • I had no conceivable motive for killing him but no doubt I could have done so.
  • "No conceivable motive but justice could actuate our judges," he tells West.
  • Having just killed a man, and needing to leave the spot with all possible speed, he went and opened a window, from only one conceivable motive.
  • We had no conceivable motive.
  • What conceivable motive could anyone have for putting on such a fraud?
(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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