"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
  • Men always had an obvious motive, so their compliments didn't mean anything; a woman's was more honest, usually.
  • There is an obvious social motive behind explanations with a sharing function.
  • "We're out of people who had an obvious motive," said Jupiter.
  • Most of them could provide an obvious motive, at least for one person.
  • Elizabeth simply exercised that right with more obvious personal motives than others.
  • The President had an obvious motive to lie in this respect.
  • And, behind that obvious motive, there lay an even deeper one.
  • There simply is no obvious motive for this action by the Chinese.
  • The two obvious motives are either money, or just plain dislike and jealousy.
  • On the face of it, there was no obvious motive for either murder.
3. dominant motive = dominujący motyw dominant motive
(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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