prime motivation

collocation in English

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prime
adjective[before noun]
uk
/praɪm/us
/praɪm/
main or ...
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motivation
noun
uk
/ˌməʊ.tɪˈveɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌmoʊ.t̬əˈveɪ.ʃən/
enthusiasm for ...
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(Definition ofprimeandmotivationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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This must be theprimemotivationfor building a system in the first place, to learn from the data that it eventually produces.
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This is aprimemotivationfor explicit instruction.
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It has been suggested that hisprimemotivationis to free himself from the charge of pantheism.
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Some users paid for other support services when theirprimemotivationwas to secure another visitor and additional company.
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This eliminates aprimemotivationfor sensory-motor contingencies, leaving two possible conclusions.
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This dissatisfaction reinforced to an unknown degree theprimemotivationfor sterilization.
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I believe this is a sound analysis of theprimemotivationof workpeople today and one of the main reasons for seeking change.
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Regardless of whether theprimemotivationfor this pricing arrangement is commercial of fiscal, a tax loss results.
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Removal of deprivation, degradation, and the misery which were the lot of many working people decades ago has historically been aprimemotivationfor us.
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What is theprimemotivationfor those changes?
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That should be aprimemotivation.
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The high specific energy and volumetric energy densities required for next-generation are theprimemotivationfor this design.
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Theprimemotivationfor this move was to eradicate the club's debt of nearly 20 million.
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Aprimemotivationis his love for honey, which quite often leads to trouble.
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The environmental and aesthetic benefits to cities is theprimemotivation.
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In other words, an artist'sprimemotivationneed not be the pursuit of the aesthetic.
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Many of the forms of analysis performed by lint-like tools are also performed by optimizing compilers, whoseprimemotivationis to generate faster code.
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Temporal measurement has occupied scientists and technologists, and was aprimemotivationin navigation and astronomy.
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I know that this is one of the prime motivations behind the move.
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