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motivating
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun motivating has 1 sense
- motivating(n = noun.act) motivation - the act of motivating; providing incentive; Array is a kind of act, deed, human action, human activity
Derived form adjective motivating1
Adjective motivating has 1 sense
- motivating(s = adj.all) motivative, motive - impelling to action; "it may well be that ethical language has primarily a motivative function"; "motive pleas"; "motivating arguments" Derived form noun motivating1
CIDE DICTIONARY
motivating, adj.
causing motion or impelling to action; providing a motive{2}; as, motivating arguments. [WordNet 1.5]
"It may well be that ethical language has primarily a motivative function"
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