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- Dictionarymotive/ˈməʊtɪv/
noun
- 1. a reason for doing something: "police were unable to establish a motive for his murder" Similar
- 2. a motif in art, literature, or music. Similar
adjective
- 1. producing physical or mechanical motion: "the charge of gas is the motive force for every piston stroke"
- 2. causing or being the reason for something: "the motive principle of a writer's work"
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MOTIVE definition: 1. a reason for doing something: 2. (of power or force) causing movement or action 3. a reason for…. Learn more.
Motive definition: something that causes a person to act in a certain way, do a certain thing, etc.; incentive.. See examples of MOTIVE used in a sentence.
motive: [noun] something (such as a need or desire) that causes a person to act.
MOTIVE meaning: 1. a reason for doing something: 2. (of power or force) causing movement or action 3. a reason for…. Learn more.
5 meanings: 1. the reason for a certain course of action, whether conscious or unconscious 2. → a variant of motif (sense 2) 3..... Click for more definitions.
Your reason for doing something is your motive. Your motive to go to school every day is to learn. Or maybe the thought of your parents' anger and a run-in with the truant officer is motive enough.
However you explain the motives behind his actions, he was still wrong. I did it for a variety of motives. I'd say he had a very strong motive for wanting her dead. It it is clear that they were acting from motives of revenge. She knew that he was inspired by base motives. She should examine her motives for marrying him.
