- motivation
- noun1 keenness and willingness to do sthADJECTIVE▪ great, high, powerful, strong▪
students with high motivation
▪his strong motivation to succeed
▪ positive▪ low, poor▪ extra▪ student▪ individual, personal▪ human▪ internal, intrinsicVERB + MOTIVATION▪ have▪Many of the boys have very poor motivation.
▪ lack▪ lose▪By this time the children had lost all their motivation for writing poetry.
▪ generate, provide▪high rewards that generate the necessary motivation in the workers
▪ enhance, improve, increase, strengthen▪ reduce▪ maintainPHRASES▪ a lack of motivation▪ level of motivation▪students who have a low level of motivation
2 a reason for doing sthADJECTIVE▪ main, major, primary, prime▪ only, sole▪ real, true▪ original▪ underlying▪ unconscious▪ great, powerful, strong▪ economic, moral, political, psychological, religious, sexualVERB + MOTIVATION▪ have▪They had very different motivations for creating the work.
▪ understand▪ question▪ explainPREPOSITION▪ motivation for▪his main motivation for supporting the government
▪ motivation in▪my main motivation in making the suggestion
▪ motivation behind▪the primary motivation behind the government's intervention
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
