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# motivating

«motivating» in Mova's school dictionary: **Making someone want to do something or try hard** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb form (present participle of motivate: motivate, motivates, motivated, motivating); adjective (motivating)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Making someone want to do something or try hard. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/motivating/#m1)

2) (adjective) Giving you energy and the wish to work or keep going. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/motivating/#m2)

3) Being the reason behind something, as in "the motivating idea". [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/motivating/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

Used at school and in sport about what helps you try hard: stars, praise, goals, a good coach. In stories it explains why a character acts. Phrases: "motivating factor", "find it motivating", "motivating yourself".

### examples

- The coach is great at motivating the team. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/motivating/#x1)
- I find sticker charts really motivating. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/motivating/#x2)
- Motivating yourself to do homework on a sunny day is hard. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/motivating/#x3)
- Her speech was so motivating that we all signed up to help. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/motivating/#x4)
- Money was the motivating factor for the thief. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/motivating/#x5)
- Seeing my progress on the chart is motivating. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/motivating/#x6)
- Our teacher is good at motivating children who find maths hard. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/motivating/#x7)

### note

Spelling: drop the "e" of "motivate" before -ing (motivating). Related: "motivation" (noun), "motivated" (wanting to do it), "motive" (a reason, especially for a crime). Opposite: "demotivating" or "discouraging".

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «motivating» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/motivating/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.