how to pronounce motivate

/ˈmoʊtəˌvɛɪt/

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motivate is pronounced in three syllables

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moʊtəvɛɪt

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An example use of motivate in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… only motivate earthly activity they were …”

meaning of motivate

Motivate means to cause to act or feel in a certain way.

motivate frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word motivate occurs in english on average 4.6 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics motivate can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that motivate can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) communication, information, and media;

3) people, society, and culture;

words with pronunciation similar to motivate

motivatedmitigatemotorcaderotatepotentatecultivateactivatemutilate

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