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

  • (..) About that fortune of yours... I believe it's ...Just been substantially reduced King to rook two. I attended several of your lectures. The equations of motion, Which you will find in my book ... The energy that is required to release these explosions ... It was in Oslo, when I first caught a (..)
    2011 Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows