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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

  • (..) A towel and a clean pail of warm water. Wait. And bring the perfume bottle, in the outside pocket of my handbag. Twenty-one to Stremov, four to Karenin. The motion is carried. Alexei, they're back. Here, in St. Petersburg. She has written to me. To you? They think I don't have the right to refuse. (..)
    2012 Anna Karenina