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motion
noun
1 motion
The use of movements (especially of the hands) to communicate familiar or prearranged signals.
synonym: gesture.
Roget 763:
offer,
proffer,
presentation,
tender,
bid,
overture;
proposal,
proposition;
motion,
invitation;
candidature;
offering
etc.
(gift)
784.
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Roget 626:
plan,
scheme,
design,
project;
proposal,
proposition,
suggestion;
resolution,
motion;
precaution
etc.
(provision)
673;
deep-laid plan
etc.
(premeditated)
611;
system
etc.
(order)
58;
organization
etc.
(arrangement)
60;
germ
etc.
(cause)
153.
sketch,
skeleton,
outline,
draught,
draft,
ebauche [Fr.],
brouillon [Fr.];
rough cast,
rough draft,
draught copy;
copy;
proof,
revise.
drawing,
scheme,
schematic,
graphic,
chart,
flow chart
(representation)
554.
forecast,
program,
programme,
prospectus;
carte du pays [Fr.];
card;
bill,
protocol;
order of the day,
list of agenda;
bill of fare
etc.
(food)
298;
base of operations;
platform,
plank,
slate [U.S.],
ticket [U.S.].
role;
policy
etc.
(line of conduct)
692.
contrivance,
invention,
expedient,
receipt,
nostrum,
artifice,
device;
pipelaying [U.S.];
stratagem
etc.
(cunning)
702;
trick
etc.
(deception)
545;
alternative,
loophole;
shift
etc.
(substitute)
147;
last shift
etc.
(necessity)
601.
measure,
step;
stroke,
stroke of policy;
master stroke;
trump card,
court card;
cheval de bataille [Fr.],
great gun;
coup,
coup d'etat [Fr.];
clever stroke,
bold stroke,
good move,
good hit,
good stroke;
bright thought,
bright idea.
intrigue,
cabal,
plot,
conspiracy,
complot†,
machination;
subplot,
underplot†,
counterplot.
schemer,
schemist†,
schematist†;
strategist,
machinator;
projector,
artist,
promoter,
designer
etc.
v.;
conspirator;
intrigant
etc.
(cunning)
702†.
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Roget 454:
subject of thought,
material for thought;
food for the mind,
mental pabulum.
subject,
subject matter;
matter,
theme,
noemata [Gr.],
topic,
what it is about,
thesis,
text,
business,
affair,
matter in hand,
argument;
motion,
resolution;
head,
chapter;
case,
point;
proposition,
theorem;
field of inquiry;
moot point,
problem
etc.
(question)
461.
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Roget 765:
request,
requisition;
claim
etc.
(demand)
741;
petition,
suit,
prayer;
begging letter,
round robin.
motion,
overture,
application,
canvass,
address,
appeal,
apostrophe;
imprecation;
rogation;
proposal,
proposition.
orison
etc.
(worship)
990;
incantation
etc.
(spell)
993.
mendicancy;
asking,
begging
etc.
v.;
postulation,
solicitation,
invitation,
entreaty,
importunity,
supplication,
instance,
impetration†,
imploration†,
obsecration†,
obtestation†,
invocation,
interpellation.
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Dutch: gebaar
2 motion
A natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something.
synonym: movement.
3 motion
A change of position that does not entail a change of location:
— The reflex motion of his eyebrows revealed his surprise.
synonyms: motility, move, movement.
Roget 264:
motion,
movement,
move;
going
etc.
v.;
unrest.
stream,
flow,
flux,
run,
course,
stir;
evolution;
kinematics;
telekinesis.
step,
rate,
pace,
tread,
stride,
gait,
port,
footfall,
cadence,
carriage,
velocity,
angular velocity;
clip,
progress,
locomotion;
journey
etc.
266;
voyage
etc.
267;
transit
etc.
270.
restlessness
etc.
(changeableness)
149;
mobility;
movableness,
motive power;
laws of motion;
mobilization.
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Dutch: beweging
Polish: poruszenie, ruszenie
4 motion
5 motion
A formal proposal for action made to a deliberative assembly for discussion and vote:
— He made a motion to adjourn.
synonym: question.
Dutch: twijfel, motie
Polish: wniosek
6 motion
The act of changing location from one place to another:
— Police controlled the motion of the crowd.
synonyms: move, movement.
Dutch: omzetting, translocatie, transpositie, verplaatsing
7 motion
An optical illusion of motion produced by viewing a rapid succession of still pictures of a moving object:
— The cinema relies on apparent motion.
synonyms: apparent motion, apparent movement, movement.
Dutch: beweging
verb
1 motion
Show, express or direct through movement.
synonyms: gesticulate, gesture.
Dutch: gesticuleren, gebaren
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