motivations
Definitions
Noun
- The psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal; the reason for the action; that which gives purpose and direction to behavior
- The condition of being motivated
- The act of motivating; providing incentive
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| 1 | implications | 4 | 22 |
| 2 | meditations | 4 | 4 |
| 3 | imperfections | 4 | 2 |
| 4 | imaginations | 5 | 1 |
| 5 | misfortunes | 3 | 1 |
| 6 | amputations | 4 | 0 |
| 7 | machinations | 4 | 0 |
| 8 | mangosteens | 3 | 0 |
| 9 | mcfarlane's | 3 | 0 |
| 10 | mcjunkins | 3 | 0 |
| 11 | medications | 4 | 0 |
| 12 | melanesians | 4 | 0 |
| 13 | melatonin's | 4 | 0 |
| 14 | melatonins | 4 | 0 |
| 15 | midshipman's | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | midshipmen's | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | minnesotans | 4 | 0 |
| 18 | smithsonian's | 4 | 0 |
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| 1 | negotiations | 5 | 20 |
| 2 | motions | 2 | 17 |
| 3 | motivation | 4 | 11 |
| 4 | quotations | 3 | 5 |
| 5 | motivating | 4 | 3 |
| 6 | motivates | 3 | 3 |
| 7 | amortization | 5 | 3 |
| 8 | ovation | 3 | 2 |
| 9 | privations | 3 | 2 |
| 10 | rotations | 3 | 1 |
| 11 | mutations | 3 | 1 |
| 12 | mutilation | 4 | 1 |
| 13 | mitigation | 4 | 1 |
| 14 | motivational | 5 | 0 |
| 15 | ovations | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | mutilations | 4 | 0 |
| 17 | notations | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | motivator | 4 | 0 |
| 19 | ovulations | 4 | 0 |
| 20 | migrations | 3 | 0 |
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| 1 | character's | 3 | 2 |
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Definitions: 3
Fragments: 1
Sound Alikes: 18
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 0
Words that Precede: 0
Statistically Associated: 1
Consonant Matches: 0
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