motive: verb conjugation and noun forms

Singular and plural for motive[ˈməutɪv]     

Singular
Plural
Singular
Common case
motive
motives
Possessive case
motive's
motives'
Plural
motives
motives'

Superlative and Comparative Forms of motive[ˈməutɪv]     

Positive

motive

Conjugation of the verb motive[ˈməutɪv], regular     

motive not motivemotive?
All forms Indicative Conditional Participles Infinitives

Indicative

Present Indefinite

I motive
you motive
he/she/it motives
we motive
you motive
they motive

Present Continuous

I am motiving
you are motiving
he/she/it is motiving
we are motiving
you are motiving
they are motiving

Present Perfect

I have motived
you have motived
he/she/it has motived
we have motived
you have motived
they have motived

Present Perfect Continuous

I have been motiving
you have been motiving
he/she/it has been motiving
we have been motiving
you have been motiving
they have been motiving

Past Indefinite

I motived
you motived
he/she/it motived
we motived
you motived
they motived

Past Continuous

I was motiving
you were motiving
he/she/it was motiving
we were motiving
you were motiving
they were motiving

Past Perfect

I had motived
you had motived
he/she/it had motived
we had motived
you had motived
they had motived

Past Perfect Continuous

I had been motiving
you had been motiving
he/she/it had been motiving
we had been motiving
you had been motiving
they had been motiving

Future Indefinite

I will motive
you will motive
he/she/it will motive
we will motive
you will motive
they will motive

Future Continuous

I will be motiving
you will be motiving
he/she/it will be motiving
we will be motiving
you will be motiving
they will be motiving

Future Perfect

I will have motived
you will have motived
he/she/it will have motived
we will have motived
you will have motived
they will have motived

Future Perfect Continuous

I will have been motiving
you will have been motiving
he/she/it will have been motiving
we will have been motiving
you will have been motiving
they will have been motiving

Indicative

Present Indefinite

I don't motive
you don't motive
he/she/it doesn't motive
we don't motive
you don't motive
they don't motive

Present Continuous

I am not motiving
you aren't motiving
he/she/it isn't motiving
we aren't motiving
you aren't motiving
they aren't motiving

Present Perfect

I haven't motived
you haven't motived
he/she/it hasn't motived
we haven't motived
you haven't motived
they haven't motived

Present Perfect Continuous

I haven't been motiving
you haven't been motiving
he/she/it hasn't been motiving
we haven't been motiving
you haven't been motiving
they haven't been motiving

Past Indefinite

I didn't motive
you didn't motive
he/she/it didn't motive
we didn't motive
you didn't motive
they didn't motive

Past Continuous

I wasn't motiving
you weren't motiving
he/she/it wasn't motiving
we weren't motiving
you weren't motiving
they weren't motiving

Past Perfect

I hadn't motived
you hadn't motived
he/she/it hadn't motived
we hadn't motived
you hadn't motived
they hadn't motived

Past Perfect Continuous

I hadn't been motiving
you hadn't been motiving
he/she/it hadn't been motiving
we hadn't been motiving
you hadn't been motiving
they hadn't been motiving

Future Indefinite

I shan't / won't motive
you won't motive
he/she/it won't motive
we shan't / won't motive
you won't motive
they won't motive

Future Continuous

I shan't / won't be motiving
you won't be motiving
he/she/it won't be motiving
we shan't / won't be motiving
you won't be motiving
they won't be motiving

Future Perfect

I shan't / won't have motived
you won't have motived
he/she/it won't have motived
we shan't / won't have motived
you won't have motived
they won't have motived

Future Perfect Continuous

I shan't / won't have been motiving
you won't have been motiving
he/she/it won't have been motiving
we shan't / won't have been motiving
you won't have been motiving
they won't have been motiving

Indicative

Present Indefinite

do I motive?
do you motive?
does he/she/it motive?
do we motive?
do you motive?
do they motive?

Present Continuous

am I motiving?
are you motiving?
is he/she/it motiving?
are we motiving?
are you motiving?
are they motiving?

Present Perfect

have I motived?
have you motived?
has he/she/it motived?
have we motived?
have you motived?
have they motived?

Present Perfect Continuous

have I been motiving?
have you been motiving?
has he/she/it been motiving?
have we been motiving?
have you been motiving?
have they been motiving?

Past Indefinite

did I motive?
did you motive?
did he/she/it motive?
did we motive?
did you motive?
did they motive?

Past Continuous

was I motiving?
were you motiving?
was he/she/it motiving?
were we motiving?
were you motiving?
were they motiving?

Past Perfect

had I motived?
had you motived?
had he/she/it motived?
had we motived?
had you motived?
had they motived?

Past Perfect Continuous

had I been motiving?
had you been motiving?
had he/she/it been motiving?
had we been motiving?
had you been motiving?
had they been motiving?

Future Indefinite

will I motive?
will you motive?
will he/she/it motive?
will we motive?
will you motive?
will they motive?

Future Continuous

will I be motiving?
will you be motiving?
will he/she/it be motiving?
will we be motiving?
will you be motiving?
will they be motiving?

Future Perfect

will I have motived?
will you have motived?
will he/she/it have motived?
will we have motived?
will you have motived?
will they have motived?

Future Perfect Continuous

will I have been motiving?
will you have been motiving?
will he/she/it have been motiving?
will we have been motiving?
will you have been motiving?
will they have been motiving?

Conditional

Conditional Present

I would motive
you would motive
he/she/it would motive
we would motive
you would motive
they would motive

Conditional Present Continuous

I would be motiving
you would be motiving
he/she/it would be motiving
we would be motiving
you would be motiving
they would be motiving

Conditional Perfect

I would have motived
you would have motived
he/she/it would have motived
we would have motived
you would have motived
they would have motived

Conditional Perfect Continuous

I would have been motiving
you would have been motiving
he/she/it would have been motiving
we would have been motiving
you would have been motiving
they would have been motiving

Conditional

Conditional Present

I wouldn't motive
you wouldn't motive
he/she/it wouldn't motive
we wouldn't motive
you wouldn't motive
they wouldn't motive

Conditional Present Continuous

I wouldn't be motiving
you wouldn't be motiving
he/she/it wouldn't be motiving
we wouldn't be motiving
you wouldn't be motiving
they wouldn't be motiving

Conditional Perfect

I wouldn't have motived
you wouldn't have motived
he/she/it wouldn't have motived
we wouldn't have motived
you wouldn't have motived
they wouldn't have motived

Conditional Perfect Continuous

I wouldn't have been motiving
you wouldn't have been motiving
he/she/it wouldn't have been motiving
we wouldn't have been motiving
you wouldn't have been motiving
they wouldn't have been motiving

Conditional

Conditional Present

would I motive?
would you motive?
would he/she/it motive?
would we motive?
would you motive?
would they motive?

Conditional Present Continuous

would I be motiving?
would you be motiving?
would he/she/it be motiving?
would we be motiving?
would you be motiving?
would they be motiving?

Conditional Perfect

would I have motived?
would you have motived?
would he/she/it have motived?
would we have motived?
would you have motived?
would they have motived?

Conditional Perfect Continuous

would I have been motiving?
would you have been motiving?
would he/she/it have been motiving?
would we have been motiving?
would you have been motiving?
would they have been motiving?

Participles

Present

motiving

Past

motived

Infinitives

Infinitives

to motive
to have motived
to be motiving
to have been motiving
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