How to pronounce“motive”in English
verbcivil society. One was about the level of innovation that goes on and social innovation in areas that where there isn't a clear profit
motive to be gained or a way of making profits.
So lots of kinds of research and university, so Stanford might be a key example of a nonprofit organization that would be linked to kind of innovation and
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Definitions of “motive”
An idea or communication that makes one want to act, especially from spiritual sources; a divine prompting.
“there's something in a woman beyond all human delight; a magnetic virtue, a charming quality, an occult and powerful motive.”
An incentive to act in a particular way; a reason or emotion that makes one want to do something; anything that prompts a choice of action.
“Many of them at first seemed kind to him, but it turned out their motives were not entirely altruistic.”
To prompt or incite by a motive or motives; to move.
Causing motion; having power to move, or tending to move
“a motive argument”
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