motivate

Từ điển WordNet v3.1 - WordNet Dictionary

verb

give an incentive for action (Freq. 6)
- This moved me to sacrifice my career
• Syn:
actuate, propel, move, prompt, incite
• Derivationally related forms:
incitement (for: incite), incitation (for: incite), propulsion (for: propel), act (for: actuate), motivative, motivation, motive, motivator
• Hypernyms:
cause, do, make
• Verb Group:
affect, impress, move, strike
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
- Something ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
- They motivate him to write the letter

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  actuate, propel, move, prompt, incite