[{"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["something that causes a person to act in a certain way, do a certain thing, etc.; incentive.Synonyms: cause , ground , occasion , influence , spur , stimulus , incitement , motivation", "the goal or object of a person's actions:Her motive was revenge.", "(in art, literature, and music) a motif ."]}, {"Bold_text": "adjective", "List Items": ["causing, or tending to cause, motion.", "pertaining to motion.", "prompting to action.", "constituting a motive or motives."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used with object)", "List Items": ["to motivate ."]}, {"Bold_text": null, "List Items": ["a combining form of motive :automotive."]}]