Word: motivation
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: mo
ti
va
tion
Definition: An incentive or reason for doing something.
Morphemes:
Affix: motive
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: 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.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: motivum
Language: LL.
Decoded: motivum
Meaning: motive, moving cause
Affix: -ate
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: resembling the specified thing
Affix: -ion
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: an action or process, or the result of an action or process
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -iō
Language: la
Decoded: -io
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form abstract nouns from verbs.