"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
1. apparent motive = pozorny motyw apparent motive
2. obvious motive = oczywisty motyw obvious motive
3. dominant motive = dominujący motyw dominant motive
  • If one assumes that the dominant motive is accumulation out of profits, then, and the shifting of the profits tax reduces the effective redistribution.
  • But so soon as this strangeness had been realised it passed, and my dominant motive became the hunger of my long and dismal fast.
  • The privilege is not absolute, however, and can be defeated of the dominant motive for publishing the statement is actual or express malice.
  • If capital accumulation becomes the dominant motive for production, then producers will do everything they can to cut costs, increase sales and increase profits.
  • Criticism of the authorities was one of his dominant motives.
  • They reflect the fact that production has become totally integrated into the circuits of commodity trade, in which capital accumulation becomes the dominant motive.
  • But if he did so, he knew now, the dominant motive would be pure egotism.
  • An improper and dominant motive would have to be shown for revealing matters which would normally be in the public interest.
  • But last week, as the House narrowly passed its version of an economic stimulus package, the dominant motive at work appeared once again to be greed.
  • The choice of the dominant motive depends on the anticipated probability of satisfying the associated urge and the strength of the urge signal.
(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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