The students are all highly motivated.motivatedmo‧ti‧va‧ted /ˈməʊtɪveɪtɪd $ ˈmoʊ-/ AWL adjective 
The students are all highly motivated. The key to a successful modern economy is a well-educated and motivated workforce.2politically/economically/financially etc motivated done for political, economic etc reasons: a politically motivated decision Police believe the attack was racially motivated.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
- Five people were killed and 10 injured in overnight politically motivated violence in black townships around Johannesburg.
- He did once enrol on a home study course but couldn't get motivated.
- Signs are constantly available to help motivated users who are actively searching for some form of information.
- Silence broken, suddenly everyone seems motivated to have a snack.
- They became motivated to do what the trainer wished through fear of repeated pain.
- Through this process of the return to the mean or average, the superbly intelligent, highly motivated race remains an illusion.
- We must be reactive rather than proactive, because becoming motivated and taking initiatives involves gaining power.
- Your supervisor's approach and enthusiasm are likely to vary according to how motivated and organised you are.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY The students are all highly motivated.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB
The students are all highly motivated.· The take-up has been disappointing in some respects, with the most highly motivated members attending several courses.· They should also be able to teach highly motivated architecture students to improve the rigour and content of their work.· Partnership incentive schemes are comparatively rare but can result in a highly motivated and dedicated work-force.· A highly motivated individual, it is argued, will perform better than one with a low level of motivation.· Through this process of the return to the mean or average, the superbly intelligent, highly motivated race remains an illusion.
· However, Melancia maintained that he was the innocent victim of a politically motivated smear campaign.· Five people were killed and 10 injured in overnight politically motivated violence in black townships around Johannesburg.· Initial reports suggested that he had been poisoned, with the implication that it was a politically motivated killing.· Audience variation presents particular problems for the politically motivated comedian.· In what was widely regarded as a politically motivated action Kitangan was arrested in January 1991 and charged with corruption.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY
- But he does deny that his opposition is politically motivated.
- But he said he did not know if all of those killings were politically motivated.
- But some think dismissal was politically motivated.
- Five people were killed and 10 injured in overnight politically motivated violence in black townships around Johannesburg.
- However, Melancia maintained that he was the innocent victim of a politically motivated smear campaign.
- She said the timing of the vote was politically motivated.
- The potential for mischief in the international system by politically motivated or overzealous prosecutions is great.
- Yet because they are politically motivated they may be, in some degree, distrusted.
WORD FAMILYadjectivemotivatedmotivationalmotivelessnounmotivemotivationverbmotivate
1very keen to do something or achieve something, especially because you find it interesting or exciting: The students are all highly motivated. The key to a successful modern economy is a well-educated and motivated workforce.2politically/economically/financially etc motivated done for political, economic etc reasons: a politically motivated decision Police believe the attack was racially motivated.