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motion

/ motion /
noun/verb

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
the act of changing location from one place to another
"police controlled the motion of the crowd"
"the movement of people from the farms to the cities"
"his move put him directly in my path"
Type of:
change
Kinds of:
approach approaching coming progress progression
Derived:
move displace travel go locomote
noun Sense 2
a change of position that does not entail a change of location
"the reflex motion of his eyebrows revealed his surprise"
"movement is a sign of life"
"an impatient move of his hand"
"gastrointestinal motility"
Type of:
change
Kinds of:
abduction adduction agitation body English circumduction
Derived:
move
noun Sense 3
a formal proposal for action made to a deliberative assembly for discussion and vote
"he made a motion to adjourn"
"she called for the question"
Type of:
proposal
noun Sense 4
a state of change
"they were in a state of steady motion"
Opposites:
motionlessness stillness
Type of:
state
Kinds of:
shaking shakiness trembling quiver quivering
Derived:
be active move
noun Sense 5
the use of movements (especially of the hands) to communicate familiar or prearranged signals
Type of:
visual communication
Kinds of:
sign gesticulation beck facial expression facial gesture
Derived:
gesticulate gesture
noun Sense 6
a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something
Type of:
happening occurrence natural event
Kinds of:
crustal movement tectonic movement approach approaching passing
Derived:
travel go move locomote
noun Sense 7
an optical illusion of motion produced by viewing a rapid succession of still pictures of a moving object
"the cinema relies on apparent motion"
"the succession of flashing lights gave an illusion of movement"
Type of:
optical illusion
verb Sense 8
show, express or direct through movement
"He gestured his desire to leave"
Type of:
communicate intercommunicate
Kinds of:
wink exsert stretch out put out extend
Derived:
gesture gesticulation
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Semantic Complexity
93%
Sense Count
8
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
59
Times Searched
3
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Related Words

change approach approaching coming progress progression abduction adduction agitation body English circumduction proposal