how to pronounce motive

/ˈmoʊtɪv/

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motive is pronounced in two syllables

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

“… how do you assess motive how important …”

meaning of motive

Motive means the reason for doing something.

motive frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word motive occurs in english on average 5.7 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

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

1) business and work;

2) communication, information, and media;