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For some kinds of electric motors - not all kinds - the answer is yes.

It is hard to explain the reasons using very simple terms, but here goes:

Most small direct current electric motors that have stators which are made of permanent magnets can be made to generate direct current electricity when their rotors are turned at a fast enough speed by another engine, such as, for example, a car engine or a steam engine.

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Yes and no. If a motor was supplying electricity to a system, then it would be called a generator. The device, while unexcited, is both a generator AND a motor, but until it excites a system (a generator) or is excited by a system (a motor) does it becomes one or the other.

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A motor is a device that converts energy into useful motion (arguably it can be described as a device to convert many differing forms of energy into kinetic energy).

A device that converts useful motion (or kinetic energy) into electricity is an electric generator.

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