motivation
See also: Motivation and motivâtion
English
Etymology
From French motivation. Morphologically motivate + -ion
Pronunciation
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -eɪʃən
Noun
motivation (plural motivations)
- Willingness of action especially in behavior.
- The action of motivating.
- Something which motivates.
- An incentive or reason for doing something.
- (advertising) A research rating that measures how the rational and emotional elements of a commercial affect consumer intention to consider, visit, or buy something.
- The motivation scores showed that 65% of people wanted to visit our website to learn more about the offer after watching the commercial.
Derived terms
Translations
willingness of action especially in behavior
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action of motivating
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something which motivates
reason for doing something
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References
- (advertising, research rating that measures how a commercial affect consumer intention): The Advertising Research Handbook Charles E. Young, Ideas in Flight, Seattle, WA, April 2005
Danish
Etymology
From French motivation.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /motivasjoːn/, [motˢivaˈɕoːˀn]
Noun
motivation c (singular definite motivationen, plural indefinite motivationer)
Inflection
common gender |
singular | plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | motivation | motivationen | motivationer | motivationerne |
genitive | motivations | motivationens | motivationers | motivationernes |
Synonyms
Related terms
Further reading
- motivation on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mo.ti.va.sjɔ̃/
Audio: (file)
Noun
motivation f (plural motivations)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “motivation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Swedish
Etymology
From French motivation.
Noun
motivation c
- motivation (drive, something that motivates, etc.)
Declension
nominative | genitive | ||
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singular | indefinite | motivation | motivations |
definite | motivationen | motivationens | |
plural | indefinite | — | — |
definite | — | — |