[ˈməʊtɪv], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a reason for doing something
(e.g: police were unable to establish a motive for his murder)

- a motif in art, literature, or music


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French motif (adjective used as a noun), from late Latin motivus, from movere ‘to move’

[ˈməʊtɪv], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- producing physical or mechanical motion
(e.g: the charge of gas is the motive force for every piston stroke)

- causing or being the reason for something
(e.g: the motive principle of a writer's work)


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French motif (adjective used as a noun), from late Latin motivus, from movere ‘to move’