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motivation

/məʊtɪˈveɪʃ(ə)n/

US pronunciation
American sound/məʊtɪˈveɪʃ(ə)n/
məʊtɪˈveɪʃən
Syllables
4 syllables
Stress
3rd syllable stress
Vowel
Schwa vowel
Ending
Final -tion sounds like shun

məʊtɪ - ˈveɪʃən -> motivation

Myanmar meaning

(n) အရင်းခံအကြောင်း

Full entry

motivate /'mǝƱtÇveÇt / v

၁။ ( usu passive) အရင်းခံသည်။ တွန်းအားပေးသည်။ be motivated by greed/fear/love ❍ The decision was primarily motivated by the desire to save money. ❍ a motivating factor/force.
၂။ စိတ်ပါအောင် ဆွဲဆောင်သည်။ စိတ်ဓာတ်သွင်းပေးသည်။ a teacher who can motivate her pupils (to work harder).
❏ motivated adj အရင်းခံသော။ တက်ကြွသော။ a politically motivated murder ❍ a highly motivated individual (ie sb who is very keen to do sth).
❏ motivation /mǝƱtÇ'veÇʃn / n [C, U]
အရင်းခံ အကြောင်း။ စိတ်ပါဝင်စားမှု။ စိတ်ဓာတ် လှုံ့ဆော်မှု။ Most people said pay was their main motivation for working. ❍ his powers of motivation and leadership ❍ They lack the motivation to study.
❏ motivational adj : an important motivational factor.
❏ motivator n : Ambition is a great motivator.

More examples
  • She knows how to motivate people.
  • He was primarily motivated by the desire for profit.
  • [motivate someone to do something] : We must motivate students to take charge of their own learning.
  • [motivate by] : The crime appears to have been motivated by hatred.
Synonyms
inspire, stimulate, prompt, encourage, egg on, induce, cause, trigger off, provoke, activate, actuate, arouse, bring, dispose, draw, drive, excite, fire, galvanize, give incentive, goad, goose, impel, incite, incline, influence, innervate, innerve, inspirit, instigate, lead, move, persuade, pique, predetermine, predispose, prevail upon, propel, quicken, rouse, set afoot, set astir, sound, spark, spur, suggest, sway, touch off, trigger, whet
Antonyms
bore, calm, check, delay, depress, deter, disconcert, discourage, dishearten, dissuade, dull, halt, hinder, prevent, quiet, repress, retard, slow, stop
Cross references
inspirestimulatepromptencourageegg oninducecausetrigger offprovokeactivateactuatearousebringdisposedrawdriveexcitefiregalvanizegive incentivegoadgooseimpelinciteinclineinfluenceinnervateinnerve
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