motivation" : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: motivation	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for motivation
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
motivation n the psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal; the reason for the action; that which gives purpose and direction to behavior; "we did not understand his motivation"; "he acted with the best of motives" Synonym(s): motivation, motive, need the condition of being motivated; "his motivation was at a high level" the act of motivating; providing incentive Synonym(s): motivation, motivating
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Motivate \Mo"tivate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {-vated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {-vating}.] [From {Motive}, n.] To provide with a motive; to move; impel; induce; incite. -- {Mo`tiva"tion}, n. --William James.