What is the meaning of motivating?

noun

• The act of motivating; providing incentive.
  • synonyms: motivation

verb

• Give an incentive for action.
  • usage: "This moved me to sacrifice my career"
  • synonyms: motivate, actuate, propel, move, prompt, incite

adjective

• Impelling to action.
  • usage: "it may well be that ethical language has primarily a motivative function- Arthur Pap; "motive pleas"; "motivating arguments"
  • synonyms: motivative, motive