motion

Definition

  • noun: an act or process of moving
  • noun: an act, process, or instance of changing place
  • verb: to make a movement of your hand, head, etc., that tells someone to move or act in a certain way
  • verb: to signal by a movement or gesture
  • synonyms: movement, zeitgeist, act

Examples

  • Sources say that the governor has 'set the wheels in motion' for a run for the presidency. [=the governor has started to run for president]

  • They will be taking steps to 'set/put' the divorce proceedings 'in motion'. [=to begin the divorce proceedings]

  • She made a 'motion' that the meeting (should) be adjourned. = She made a 'motion' to adjourn (the meeting).

Movie quotes

  • (..) of the sort of impact ... ... that comic books can have ... ... in terms of their frozen graphic moments. What we like about slow motion is that it brings some of that quality ... ... to action scenes. We also like to move the camera ... ... so we had this concept of shooting something in slow motion ... ... and moving the camera at regular speed. And Bill Pope, the pussy ... ... wouldn't strap (..)
    2001 The Matrix Revisited