Usually means: Drives action through desire or need.
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We found 11 dictionaries that define the word motivates:

General (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. motivates: Merriam-Webster
  2. motivates: Collins English Dictionary
  3. motivates: Vocabulary.com
  4. Motivates, motivates: Wordnik
  5. motivates: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. motivates: Wiktionary
  7. motivates: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  8. motivates: TheFreeDictionary.com
  9. motivates: Dictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. motivates: Legal dictionary

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. motivates: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary

(Note: See motivate as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (motivate)

verb:  (transitive) To provide someone with an incentive to do something; to encourage; to actuate.
verb:  (transitive) To animate; to propel; to cause to take action.
▸ Also see motivate


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