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"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
1. possible motive = możliwy motyw possible motive
  • Therefore they have had to search about for a possible motive.
  • "What possible motive would she have for killing her own son?"
  • Having found such a person, we must check up on the points of time, place, opportunity, and possible motive.
  • We have people running down the victim's family, friends, other possible motives.
  • You never asked who they might be or what their possible motive was.
  • Police did not give any details about a possible motive.
  • But the police said they had no information on any possible motive.
  • The police said they had no information about a possible motive for the killing.
  • As a matter of fact there was a possible motive.
  • But he said that was just one of several possible motives.
2. probable motive = prawdopodobny motyw probable motive
3. potential motive = potencjalny motyw potential motive
4. conceivable motive = wyobrażalny motyw conceivable motive
(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
(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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