motivating
Học thuậtThân thiện
Definition
Adjective:
- Providing a reason or incentive to act: Describes something that encourages or inspires a person to take action or behave in a certain way.
- Impelling to action: Serving as a driving force or stimulus.
Noun:
- The act of providing incentive: The process of encouraging someone to do something.
- The act of motivating: The action of creating a desire or reason to act.
Examples of Usage
- Adjective:
- The manager gave a very motivating speech before the big project.
- Finding a purpose can be a highly motivating factor for many people.
- Noun:
- Effective motivating requires understanding what each team member values.
- Her motivating of the volunteers was key to the event's success.
Advanced Usage
- Primarily a motivative function: Used in formal or academic contexts to describe the primary role of something as being to provide motivation.
- The speech's motivating function was to unite the community behind a common goal.
Variants and Related Words
- Motivate (verb): To provide someone with a motive or incentive.
- A good leader knows how to motivate their team.
- Motivation (noun): The reason or reasons one has for acting or behaving in a particular way.
- Her primary motivation was to help her family.
- Motivational (adjective): Intended to motivate or inspire.
- He listens to motivational podcasts on his way to work.
Synonyms
- Adjective: Inspiring, encouraging, stimulating, incentive.
- Noun: Encouragement, stimulation, incitement.
Related Phrases
- Motivating factor: A specific reason or element that encourages action.
- Financial security was the main motivating factor for his career change.
- Self-motivating: The ability to motivate oneself without external influence.
- Successful entrepreneurs are often highly self-motivating.
Adjective
- impelling to action
- it may well be that ethical language has primarily a motivative function- Arthur Pap
- motive pleas
- motivating arguments
Noun
- the act of motivating; providing incentive