What part of speech is motivation?

Motivation can be categorized as a noun.

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Parts of speech

Inflections

Noun

What does motivation mean?

Definitions

Noun

motivation - 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"
motivation - the act of motivating; providing incentive
motivation - the condition of being motivated; "his motivation was at a high level"

Examples of motivation

#   Sentence  
1. noun We did not understand his motivation.
2. noun His motivation was at a high level.
3. noun Their removal should also provide increased motivation for Pakistan to help the return of moderate Taliban.
4. noun They want to be identified as 'Christians', and I fully suspect that for some of them, the motivation behind their subterfuge is more than mere political advantage, and has a lot more to do with the black magician's practice of the inversion principle.
5. noun Without motivation, nothing can be achieved.
6. noun All right! Everybody around me is so encouraging I'm getting a rush of motivation.
7. noun What makes life dreary is the want of motivation.
8. noun He lacks motivation.
9. noun The pay was good, and that was their only motivation to participate in the study.
10. noun Due to ill-health of the web-manager, loss of motivation and other circumstances I have decided that it is not possible to continue.
11. noun Motivation is one of the factors that affects the learning process.
12. noun Tom lacks motivation to finish the job.
13. noun Tom lacks motivation.
14. noun When real life friends desert us, books are always ready to offer friendship, sympathy and motivation.
15. noun Failure gives me strength: my pain is my motivation.
Sentence  
noun
We did not understand his motivation.
His motivation was at a high level.
Their removal should also provide increased motivation for Pakistan to help the return of moderate Taliban.
They want to be identified as 'Christians', and I fully suspect that for some of them, the motivation behind their subterfuge is more than mere political advantage, and has a lot more to do with the black magician's practice of the inversion principle.
Without motivation, nothing can be achieved.
All right! Everybody around me is so encouraging I'm getting a rush of motivation.
What makes life dreary is the want of motivation.
He lacks motivation.
The pay was good, and that was their only motivation to participate in the study.
Due to ill-health of the web-manager, loss of motivation and other circumstances I have decided that it is not possible to continue.
Motivation is one of the factors that affects the learning process.
Tom lacks motivation to finish the job.
Tom lacks motivation.
When real life friends desert us, books are always ready to offer friendship, sympathy and motivation.
Failure gives me strength: my pain is my motivation.

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