motivo — meaning in English

English meaning

• account noun A written or spoken description of events; a report.
• motif noun A recurring idea, image, or element that runs through a work of art, music, or literature.
• motive noun A reason that drives someone to act, especially in a suspicious or criminal context.
• occasion noun A particular time when something happens, especially something notable.
• reason noun A cause or explanation for something; the motive behind an action.
• room noun A separate enclosed space within a building, with its own walls, floor, and ceiling.
• scope noun The range or extent of a subject, task, or activity.

Senses

motivo is used for these senses in English:

• account (accounting) A registry of pecuniary transactions; a written or printed statement of business dealings or debts and credits, and also of other things subjected to a reckoning or review. [from c. 1300]
• account A statement in general of reasons, causes, grounds, etc., explanatory of some event; a reason of an action to be done.
• motive (law) Something which causes someone to want to commit a crime; a reason for criminal behaviour. [from 18th c.]
• occasion A reason or excuse; a motive; a persuasion.
• reason An excuse: a thought or a consideration offered in support of a determination or an opinion; that which is offered or accepted as an explanation.
• room (now, rare) An opportunity or scope (to do something). [from 9th c.]
• scope The breadth, depth or reach of a subject; the extent of applicability or relevance; a domain, purview or remit.

account — full definition

1. noun A written or spoken description of events; a report.
2. noun A record of money held at a bank, or of a person's access to a service.
3. verb To give a satisfactory explanation for something (usually with "for").

motif — full definition

1. noun A recurring idea, image, or element that runs through a work of art, music, or literature.
2. noun A repeated decorative shape or pattern used in design.

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