Hyphenation of motive

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word motive? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

mo-tive

Definitions of motive:

1.	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 We did not understand his motivation He acted with the best of motives
2.	A theme that is repeated or elaborated in a piece of music
3.	A design or figure that consists of recurring shapes or colors, as in architecture or decoration
4.	Causing or able to cause motion A motive force Motive power Motor energy
5.	Impelling to action It may well be that ethical language has primarily a motivative function- Arthur Pap Motive pleas Motivating arguments

Synonyms of motive:

adj	motor, causative
adj	motivative, motivating, causative
noun	motivation, need, psychological feature
noun	motif, theme, melodic theme, musical theme, idea

Last hyphenations of this language

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.