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Meaning of 'motion' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Motion [ n.]
- The act, process, or state of changing place or position; movement; the passing of a body from one place or position to another, whether voluntary or involuntary; -- opposed to rest.
- Power of, or capacity for, motion.
- Direction of movement; course; tendency; as, the motion of the planets is from west to east.
- Change in the relative position of the parts of anything; action of a machine with respect to the relative movement of its parts.
- Movement of the mind, desires, or passions; mental act, or impulse to any action; internal activity.
- A proposal or suggestion looking to action or progress; esp., a formal proposal made in a deliberative assembly; as, a motion to adjourn.
- An application made to a court or judge orally in open court. Its object is to obtain an order or rule directing some act to be done in favor of the applicant.
- Change of pitch in successive sounds, whether in the same part or in groups of parts.
- A puppet show or puppet.
2 . Motion [ v. i.]
- To make a significant movement or gesture, as with the hand; as, to motion to one to take a seat.
- To make proposal; to offer plans.
3 . Motion [ v. t.]
- To direct or invite by a motion, as of the hand or head; as, to motion one to a seat.
- To propose; to move.

Meaning of 'motion' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . motion [ n]
Meaning (1):
- a change of position that does not entail a change of location
Example in sentence:
  • an impatient move of his hand;
  • gastrointestinal motility;
  • movement is a sign of life;
  • the reflex motion of his eyebrows revealed his surprise
Meaning (2):
- a formal proposal for action made to a deliberative assembly for discussion and vote
Example in sentence:
  • he made a motion to adjourn;
  • she called for the question
Meaning (3):
- the act of changing location from one place to another
Example in sentence:
  • his move put him directly in my path;
  • police controlled the motion of the crowd;
  • the movement of people from the farms to the cities
Meaning (4):
- an optical illusion of motion produced by viewing a rapid succession of still pictures of a moving object
Example in sentence:
  • the cinema relies on apparent motion;
  • the succession of flashing lights gave an illusion of movement
Meaning (5):
- a state of change
Example in sentence:
  • they were in a state of steady motion
6 . motion [ v]
Meaning (6):
- show, express or direct through movement
Example in sentence:
  • He gestured his desire to leave

Nearby Words:

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