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incentive
English
Etymology
From Medieval Latin incentivus (“that strikes up or sets the tune”), from incinere (“to strike up”), from in (“in, on”) + canere (“to sing”). The formation appears to have been influenced by incendere ' to set on fire'.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?n?s?nt?v/
- Rhymes: -?nt?v
- Hyphenation: in?cen?tive
Noun
incentive (plural incentives)
- Something that motivates, rouses, or encourages.
- A bonus or reward, often monetary, to work harder.
Antonyms
- disincentive
Derived terms
- incentivise/incentivize, tax incentive
Translations
Adjective
incentive (comparative more incentive, superlative most incentive)
- Inciting; encouraging or moving; rousing to action; stimulating.
- 1667, Richard Allestree, The Causes of the Decay of Christian Piety
- Competency is of all other proportions the most incentive to industry.
- 1667, Richard Allestree, The Causes of the Decay of Christian Piety
- Serving to kindle or set on fire.
Further reading
- incentive in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- incentive in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- Vicentine
Latin
Adjective
incent?ve
- vocative masculine singular of incent?vus
Portuguese
Verb
incentive
- first-person singular present subjunctive of incentivar
- third-person singular present subjunctive of incentivar
- first-person singular imperative of incentivar
- third-person singular imperative of incentivar
Spanish
Verb
incentive
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of incentivar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of incentivar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of incentivar.
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temptation
English
Etymology
From Old French temptacion, from Latin temptatioMorphologically tempt +? -ation
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t?mp?te???n/
- Rhymes: -e???n
Noun
temptation (countable and uncountable, plural temptations)
- The act of tempting
- The condition of being tempted.
- Something attractive, tempting or seductive; an inducement or enticement.
- Pressure applied to your thinking designed to create wrong emotions which will eventually lead to wrong actions.
Synonyms
- fitna (Islam)
Derived terms
- temptationless
Translations
See also
- get thee behind me
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