Usually means: Recurring themes, symbols, or elements.
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We found 15 dictionaries that define the word motifs:

General (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. motifs: Merriam-Webster
  2. motifs: Collins English Dictionary
  3. motifs: Vocabulary.com
  4. Motifs, motifs: Wordnik
  5. motifs: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. motifs: Wiktionary
  7. motifs: Dictionary.com
  8. motifs: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. Motifs: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. Motifs: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Motifs: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Motifs: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. motifs: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Motifs: Medical dictionary

Religion (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Postmodern Bible Dictionary (No longer online)

(Note: See motif as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (motif)

noun:  A recurring or dominant element; an artistic theme.
noun:  (music) A short melodic or lyrical passage that is repeated in several parts of a work.
noun:  A decorative figure that is repeated in a design or pattern.
noun:  (dressmaking) A decorative appliqué design or figure, as of lace or velvet, used in trimming.
noun:  (crystallography) The physical object or objects repeated at each point of a lattice. Usually atoms or molecules.
noun:  (chess) A basic element of a move in terms of why the piece moves and how it supports the fulfilment of a stipulation.
noun:  (biochemistry) In a nucleotide or aminoacid sequence, pattern that is widespread and has, or is conjectured to have, a biological significance.
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