Collocations for motivation - noun

great, high, powerful, strong
students with high motivation
his strong motivation to succeed

positive
low, poor
extra
student
individual, personal
human
internal, intrinsic

have
Many of the boys have very poor motivation.

lack
lose
By this time the children had lost all their motivation for writing poetry.

generate, provide
high rewards that generate the necessary motivation in the workers

enhance, improve, increase, strengthen
reduce
maintain

a lack of motivation
level of motivation
students who have a low level of motivation

main, major, primary, prime
only, sole
real, true
original
underlying
unconscious
great, powerful, strong
economic, moral, political, psychological, religious, sexual

have
They had very different motivations for creating the work.

understand
question
explain

motivation for
his main motivation for supporting the government

motivation in
my main motivation in making the suggestion

motivation behind
the primary motivation behind the government's intervention