motivate-v; 1 Senses

Sense Number 1: Give an incentive, justification or reason for action.

Commentary:
NOTE: Pay careful attention to passive uses of this verb. If you are unsure which sense a passive sentence belongs in, convert it into an active voice.For example, sentence 4 could be seen as 'A sports fantasy motivated Michael Jordan to contiue his career.'

Examples:
This motivated me to sacrifice my career.
The is little to motivate gold traders to buy the metal.
The company motivates sales people with commissions.
Michael Jordan was motivated by a sports fantasy to continue his
carreer.
Motivate your key assumptions and general modeling approach.
Be sure to motivate your analysis.

Mappings:
VerbNet: force-59
FrameNet: Cause_to_start,Suasion
PropBank: motivate.01, motivate.02
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1