true motive

collocation in English

meaningsoftrueandmotive

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true
adjective
uk
/truː/us
/truː/
(especially of facts or statements) right and not ...
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motive
noun[C]
uk
/ˈməʊ.tɪv/us
/ˈmoʊ.t̬ɪv/
a reason for ...
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(Definition oftrueandmotivefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoftrue motive

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Not surprisingly, many ladino observers and most indigenous activists in the mid-1990s tended cynically to suppose that these funds were the government'struemotivein creating it.
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Thetruemotivefor much of the emphasis on the nuclear alternative in energy policy is not admitted often enough.
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It must be that a full benefits study would reveal that theirtruemotiveis political spite.
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Perhaps thetruemotivefor abstention last night was that it did not want to show the divisions within its own ranks.
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I say "hypocritical," because we all know that thetruemotivebehind this scheme is that certain interests in the country have smelled money.
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They realized thetruemotivefor such actions was to share their own pain with the world.
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When the observer could see the attractive participant, they doubted thetruemotivebehind their positive feedback.
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Break'struemotiveis to find the truth behind what happened 100 years ago.
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Morrigan admits that this was hertruemotivefor joining the player's campaign all along.
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The authorities never suspect theirtruemotive.
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Hence, the true motives for privatization must lie elsewhere.
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We were right to reveal the true motives.
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That suggests to me that his true motives are not those that he specified and that he has another agenda—to do down the unions.
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One asks: what are the true motives behind this?
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Sometimes, also, the justifications for going are unrelated to the true motives.
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The true motives for privatization lie elsewhere; that is, to increase the proportion of national production on which a private profit is earned.
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His true motives behind wanting the charm is yet to be revealed, as is the majority of his past.
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They provide simple public services to citizens and act as protectors from the government while covering their true motives.
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Her true motives and agenda are a mystery.
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