MOTIVATING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does motivating mean? 

• MOTIVATING (noun)
  The noun MOTIVATING has 1 sense:

1. the act of motivating; providing incentive

  Familiarity information: MOTIVATING used as a noun is very rare.

• MOTIVATING (adjective)
  The adjective MOTIVATING has 1 sense:

1. impelling to action

  Familiarity information: MOTIVATING used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MOTIVATING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of motivating; providing incentive

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

motivating; motivation

Hypernyms ("motivating" is a kind of...):

act; deed; human action; human activity (something that people do or cause to happen)

Derivation:

motivating (impelling to action)

• MOTIVATING (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Impelling to action

Synonyms:

motivating; motivative; motive

Context example:

motivating arguments

Similar:

causative (producing an effect)

Derivation:

motivating (the act of motivating; providing incentive)

 Context examples 

Studies of the motivating factors that influence health practices as well as efforts to modify these practices.

(Behavioral Research, NCI Thesaurus)

This will be more motivating and hence more achievable for many people.

(Type 2 diabetes remission possible with ‘achievable’ weight loss, University of Cambridge)

A category of psychiatric disorders which are characterized by physical or psychological symptoms that are intentionally produced in order to assume the sick role; there is no external incentive for the behavior, such as economic gain or avoiding legal responsibility, and the person is unaware of any self-motivating factors.

(Factitious Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)

You might want to go back to the gym in the last week of December, and thanks to an influx of sterling assignments, you will be able to afford membership in an upscale gym—you will find going there quite motivating and fun.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)