NOUN
  • Definition - An idea or communication that makes one want to act, especially from spiritual sources; a divine prompting.
  • Definition - 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.
  • Definition - A limb or other bodily organ that can move.
  • Definition - Something which causes someone to want to commit a crime; a reason for criminal behaviour.
  • Example - No-one could understand why she had hidden the shovel; her motives were obscure at best.
  • Definition - A motif.
  • Example - No-one could understand why she had hidden the shovel; her motives were obscure at best.
  • Definition - A motif; a theme or subject, especially one that is central to the work or often repeated.
  • Example - If you listen carefully, you can hear the flutes mimicking the cello motive.
Words in your word
7 Letter Words
motives 12
6 Letter Words
motive 11 movies 11 vomits 11 soviet 9 somite 8
5 Letter Words
moves 10 movie 10 vomit 10 stove 8 votes 8 emits 7 items 7 metis 7 mites 7 moist 7 moste 7 motes 7 omits 7 smite 7 smote 7 stime 7 times 7 tomes 7
4 Letter Words
move 9 vims 9 vest 7 veto 7 vets 7 vies 7 vise 7 voes 7 vote 7 emit 6 emos 6 item 6 mise 6 miso 6 mist 6 mite 6 most 6 mote 6 mots 6 omit 6 semi 6 smit 6 some 6 stem 6 time 6 tome 6 toms 6 site 4 ties 4 toes 4
3 Letter Words
vim 8 sev 6 vet 6 vie 6 vis 6 voe 6 emo 5 ems 5 ism 5 mes 5 met 5 mis 5 moi 5 mos 5 mot 5 oms 5 sim 5 som 5 tom 5 est 3 its 3 oes 3 ose 3 sei 3 set 3 sit 3 sot 3 tes 3 tie 3 tis 3 toe 3
2 Letter Words
em 4 me 4 mi 4 mo 4 om 4 es 2 et 2 is 2 it 2 oe 2 oi 2 os 2 si 2 so 2 te 2 ti 2 to 2
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