primary motivation

collocation in English

meaningsofprimaryandmotivation

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primary
adjective
uk
/ˈpraɪ.mər.i/
us
/ˈpraɪ.mer.i/
more important than anything ...
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motivation
noun
uk
/ˌməʊ.tɪˈveɪ.ʃən/
us
/ˌmoʊ.t̬əˈveɪ.ʃən/
enthusiasm for ...
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(Definition ofprimaryandmotivationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofprimary motivation

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It is the last case, usually referred as electro-osmosis that serves as theprimarymotivationof the theory presented here.
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Nonetheless, his orientation to work was instrumental, and hisprimarymotivationfor working in later life was to survive financially.
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Although these were not theprimarymotivationfor this study, we would be remiss if we ignored them.
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However, it does not appear that theprimarymotivationof firms is to reduce benefit generosity.
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However, maintaining the caring role is still theprimarymotivation.
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Many people recognize the calling of antecedent responsibility as aprimarymotivation.
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Of note, theprimarymotivationof the parents was also financial (p. 1201).
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Aprimarymotivationfor the present network simulations is to understand the mechanisms by which children learn to produce these pronouns correctly without explicit corrections.
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Aprimarymotivationfor our research is to develop an understanding for how and why the system succeeds and fails.
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Several versions of the algorithm are compared with respect to their ability to detect determinacy of procedures, which was ourprimarymotivation.
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Theprimarymotivationfor the establishment of agricultural research stations was, of course, economical.
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Although such an investigation is theprimarymotivationfor the analytical developments reported here, the detailed investigation has yet to be carried out.
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Indeed, modelling this accommodation of semantic content is theprimarymotivationfor using rhetorical relations in the representation of the semantics of discourse.
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Theprimarymotivationfor this is speed, and results show the process is highly efficient for cases in which similar optimizations must be performed repeatedly.
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The frequent use of long-run recursive models in empirical research is aprimarymotivationfor this study.
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Theprimarymotivationfor this work is to use an autonomous vision-aided robotic system to pick-up and accurately move a flexible object that it encounters.
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Theprimarymotivationfor this investigation is the need for high-order accuracy for aeroacoustic and electromagnetic calculations.
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Theprimarymotivationfor this work is to strengthen the analogy.
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