Motivate
Motivate (verb) /ˈməʊ.tɪ.veɪt/ US /ˈmoʊ.ţɪ-/
to give someone enough reasons to do something – make someone intrigued and enthusiastic to do something – make someone behave in a particular way – stimulate – induce – entice – enthuse – inspire – encourage – egg on – arouse – persuade – provoke – prompt:
The pedagogue made an attempt to motivate the inert student to study sufficiently.
Parts of speech
- Noun: motivation
- Noun: motive
- Noun: motivator
- Adjective: motivational
- Adjective: motiveless
- Adjective: motivated
- Adverb: motivationally
Antonyms
demotivate, discourage, dishearten
After I learned how to swim in our university’s pool I was so motivated to become a swim coach and lifeguard.
* Use a comma after “pool”.
* swimming coach