how to pronounce motivation

/ˌmoʊtəˈvɛɪʃən/

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motivation is pronounced in four syllables

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

“… some people think motivation is what …”

meaning of motivation

Motivation is the act of inspiring or encouraging someone to do something.

motivation frequency in english - B2 level of CEFR

the word motivation occurs in english on average 19.2 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics motivation 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 motivation can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) communication, information, and media;