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Adjective motivating has 1 sense

motivative, motive, motivating - impelling to action; "it may well be that ethical language has primarily a motivative function"- Arthur Pap; "motive pleas"; "motivating arguments"
Antonyms: noncausative, noncausal (indirect, via causative)

Noun motivating has 1 sense

motivation, motivating - the act of motivating; providing incentive
--₁ is a kind of act, human action, human activity

Verb motivate has 1 sense

motivate, actuate, propel, move, prompt, incite - give an incentive for action; "This moved me to sacrifice my career"
--₁ is one way to cause, do, make

Derived forms: noun motivation₂, noun motivation₃, noun motivation₁, noun motive₁, noun motivator₁
Sample sentence:
They motivate him to write the letter