English-Danish translations for motive

motivHvad siger det om EU's motiver? What does this say about EU motives? Et andet motiv er nationalitet. Another motive is nationality. Hvilket muligt motiv kan der findes til dette? What possible motive could there be for this?
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bevæggrundBrok-betænkningen afslører helt andre bevæggrunde. The Brok report reveals a different set of motives. Europas vigtigste bevæggrund er en bæredygtig udvikling i Afrika. Europe's most important motive is Africa's sustainable development. Dette er ikke en konflikt mellem ligemænd, hvad angår hverken kapacitet eller bevæggrunde. This is not a conflict between equals in terms of either capacity or motives.

An idea or communication that makes one want to act, especially from spiritual sources; a divine prompting.
An incentive to act in a particular way; a reason or emotion that makes one want to do something; anything that prompts a choice of action.
A limb or other bodily organ that can move.
Something which causes someone to want to commit a crime; a reason for criminal behaviour.
A motif.
To prompt or incite by a '''motive''or motives; to move
Causing motion; having power to move, or tending to move
Relating to motion and/or to its cause

What would his motive be for burning down the cottage?
No-one could understand why she had hidden the shovel; her motives were obscure at best
If you listen carefully, you can hear the flutes mimicking the cello motive
a motive argument
motive power

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