How do you use Motive in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like causative or theme, plus the exact meaning.
Motive meaning
- An idea or communication that makes one want to act, especially from spiritual sources; a divine prompting.
- An incentive to act in a particular way; a reason or emotion that makes one want to do something; anything that prompts a choice of action.
- A limb or other bodily organ that can move.
Synonyms of Motive
Using Motive
- The main meaning on this page is: An idea or communication that makes one want to act, especially from spiritual sources; a divine prompting. | An incentive to act in a particular way; a reason or emotion that makes one want to do something; anything that prompts a choice of action. | A limb or other bodily organ that can move.
- Useful related words include: causative, musical theme, melodic theme, theme.
- In the example corpus, motive often appears in combinations such as: the motive, motive for, motive behind.
Context around Motive
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 8 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Motive
- In this selection, "motive" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, profit, possible, powerful, power, species and behind stand out and add context to how "motive" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a hate motive build on and a secondary motive in their. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "motive" sits close to words such as contestants, dimension and holocaust, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with motive
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Actually, that was Caracciolo’s exact motive. (7 words)
As of this writing, police are still determining the motive behind the crime. (13 words)
Alternatively, EA Motive could create an unnerving atmosphere that reflects Isaac's mental decline. (14 words)
After the charges of corruption were made against Moitra by Dubey, based on information he received from his contact, she called him out, and publicly stated that there was a motive since his informant held a grudge against her as a “jilted ex”. (43 words)
Although their actual scheme to locate the Pit and unleash Krakoa's most dangerous mutants will fail as a result of those mutants already escaping, there's a secondary motive in their scheme. (33 words)
Questions of motive As Caesar’s account is heavily influenced by his political agenda, it is difficult to determine the actual motive of the Helvetii movement of 58 BC. (29 words)
Example sentences (20)
Kepler supposed that the motive power (or motive species) On motive species, see Lindberg, "The Genesis of Kepler's Theory of Light," pp. 38–40.
Animals supplied all of the motive power on land, with sails providing the motive power on the sea.
It does so by placing "beside every possible motive for committing a wrong a more powerful motive for leaving it undone, in the inescapable punishment.
Men's primary motive of infidelity is called “a one-night stand” (47.7%), women's motive for adultery is a way to find “new love” (32.8%).
Profit motive The profit motive is a theory in capitalism which posits that the ultimate goal of a business is to make money.
Questions of motive As Caesar’s account is heavily influenced by his political agenda, it is difficult to determine the actual motive of the Helvetii movement of 58 BC.
According to him, the CBN sold an anti-corruption motive to the President which made him approve the policy.
ACP Hilberto Romero, Officer Commanding Eastern Division:“At this time investigators are out there and trying to establish a motive.
Actually, that was Caracciolo’s exact motive.
A fit of pique is hardly the sort of motive for government action conservatives usually applaud.
After the charges of corruption were made against Moitra by Dubey, based on information he received from his contact, she called him out, and publicly stated that there was a motive since his informant held a grudge against her as a “jilted ex”.
All angles are being probed to ascertain the motive as well as to nab the suspects, he added.
Alternatively, EA Motive could create an unnerving atmosphere that reflects Isaac's mental decline.
Although their actual scheme to locate the Pit and unleash Krakoa's most dangerous mutants will fail as a result of those mutants already escaping, there's a secondary motive in their scheme.
And my work suggests a further disconnect: that the profit motive seen across Silicon Valley (and beyond) frequently impedes innovation rather than improving it.
An investigation was underway to identify the gunman and the motive behind the killing.
As of now, we have not learnt about any other motive,” the SP said.
As of this writing, police are still determining the motive behind the crime.
Assistant Commissioner Hilman added: “These statistics of incidents reported to An Garda Síochána in 2022 with a hate motive build on the baseline figures published for 2021.
As the Betazoids try to keep the party going, it quickly becomes apparent that they have an ulterior motive.
Common combinations with motive
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the motive 49×
- motive for 36×
- motive behind 19×
- motive to 13×
- possible motive 12×
- motive was 12×
- motive of 7×
- profit motive 7×
- motive is 7×
- motive in 7×