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Is motive a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word motive is a Scrabble US word. The word motive is worth 11 points in Scrabble:

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Is motive a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word motive is a Scrabble UK word and has 11 points:

M3O1T1I1V4E1

Is motive a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word motive is a Words With Friends word. The word motive is worth 13 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

M4O1T1I1V5E1

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6-letter words (1 found)

MOTIVE,

5-letter words (2 found)

MOVIE,VOMIT,

4-letter words (13 found)

EMIT,ITEM,MITE,MOIT,MOTE,MOTI,MOVE,OMIT,TIME,TOME,VETO,VITE,VOTE,

3-letter words (14 found)

EMO,EVO,MET,MOE,MOI,MOT,TIE,TOE,TOM,VET,VIE,VIM,VOE,VOM,

2-letter words (13 found)

EM,ET,IO,IT,ME,MI,MO,OE,OI,OM,TE,TI,TO,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 44 words from motive according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of motive

motive

Etymology

From Middle English motif, from Anglo-Norman motif, Middle French motif, and their source, Late Latin motivum (“motive, moving cause”), neuter of motivus.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈməʊtɪv/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈmoʊtɪv/
  • Rhymes: (Received Pronunciation) -əʊtɪv, (General American) -oʊtɪv

Noun

motive (plural motives)

  1. (obsolete) An idea or communication that makes one want to act, especially from spiritual sources; a divine prompting. [14th–17th c.]
  2. 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. [from 15th c.]
    Synonym: motivation
  3. (obsolete, rare) A limb or other bodily organ that can move. [15th–17th c.]
  4. (law) Something which causes someone to want to commit a crime; a reason for criminal behaviour. [from 18th c.]
  5. (architecture, fine arts) A motif. [from 19th c.]
  6. (music) A motif; a theme or subject, especially one that is central to the work or often repeated. [from 19th c.]

Synonyms

  • (creative works) motif

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Verb

motive (third-person singular simple present motives, present participle motiving, simple past and past participle motived)

  1. (transitive) To prompt or incite by a motive or motives; to move.
    Synonym: motivate

Translations

Adjective

motive (not comparable)

  1. Causing motion; having power to move, or tending to move
    Synonym: moving
  2. Relating to motion and/or to its cause
    Synonym: motional

Translations

Further reading

  • “motive”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • “motive”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
  • “motive”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

  • evomit, move it

French

Verb

motive

  1. inflection of motiver:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

Latin

Adjective

mōtīve

  1. vocative masculine singular of mōtīvus

Portuguese

Verb

motive

  1. inflection of motivar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Romanian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [moˈtive]

Noun

motive

  1. plural of motiv

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

motive (Cyrillic spelling мотиве)

  1. accusative plural of motiv
  2. vocative singular of motiv

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /moˈtibe/ [moˈt̪i.β̞e]
  • Rhymes: -ibe
  • Syllabification: mo‧ti‧ve

Verb

motive

  1. inflection of motivar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from French motivé, past participle of motiver.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mo.tiˈve/

Adjective

motive

  1. motivated

Declension

Derived terms

  • motive etmek (“to motivate”)
  • motive olmak (“to be motivated”)

Source: wiktionary.org