The teachers are trying to motivate their students.
Source: tatoeba (19048)
Motivate
//ˈmoʊ.tɪ.veɪt//
Synonyms for "motivate" (132 found)
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1 entriesSynonyms
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4 entriesderived
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1 entriesmanner of
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11 entriessimilar
4 entriesTranslations
41 translations across 36 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- حَثَّ verb (to encourage)
Bulgarian
2 entries- мотиви́рам verb (to encourage)
- подбуждам verb (to encourage)
Catalan
1 entries- motivar verb (to encourage)
Chinese
1 entries- 激发 verb (to encourage)
Czech
1 entries- motivovat verb (to encourage)
Dutch
1 entries- motiveren verb (to encourage)
Esperanto
1 entries- motivi verb (to encourage)
Finnish
1 entries- motivoida verb (to encourage)
French
1 entries- motiver verb (to encourage)
Georgian
1 entries- შეგულიანება verb (to encourage)
German
1 entries- motivieren verb (to encourage)
Hebrew
1 entries- דרבן verb (to encourage)
Hindi
1 entries- प्रेरित करना verb (to encourage)
Hungarian
1 entries- motivál verb (to encourage)
Icelandic
1 entries- mótivera verb (to encourage)
Irish
1 entries- spreag verb (to encourage)
Italian
1 entries- motivare verb (to encourage)
Japanese
1 entries- 動機を与える verb (to encourage)
Kazakh
1 entries- ынталандыру verb (to encourage)
Khmer
1 entries- លើកទឹកចិត្ត verb (to encourage)
Korean
1 entries- ...에 동기를 주다 verb (to encourage)
Latin
1 entries- corrōborō verb (to encourage)
Māori
2 entries- whakahihiko verb (to encourage)
- whakaohooho verb (to encourage)
Norman
1 entries- motiver verb (to encourage)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- motivere verb (to encourage)
Persian
1 entries- برانگیختن verb (to encourage)
Polish
2 entries- motywować verb (to encourage)
- zmotywować verb (to encourage)
Portuguese
1 entries- motivar verb (to encourage)
Romanian
1 entries- motiva verb (to encourage)
Russian
1 entries- мотиви́ровать verb (to encourage)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- motivírati verb (to encourage)
Spanish
1 entries- motivar verb (to encourage)
Swedish
1 entries- motivera verb (to encourage)
Telugu
1 entries- ప్రేరేపించు verb (to encourage)
Ukrainian
1 entries- мотивува́ти verb (to encourage)
Vietnamese
3 entries- khuyến khích verb (to encourage)
- khích lệ verb (to encourage)
- động viên verb (to encourage)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
Try to motivate kids with verbal praise.
Source: tatoeba (239768)
Can you motivate people with "candies and the whip"?
Source: tatoeba (2592574)
How do you motivate yourself to do something? Don't bother. There's no hope for you.
Source: tatoeba (2774337)
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