motion
UK /ˈməʊ.ʃən/ · US /ˈmoʊ.ʃən/ noun, verb, proper noun
Forms motions motioning motioned
- noun (physics) A change whereby something goes from one place to another; a state of progression from one place to another; a change of position with respect to time.
- noun (countable) A parliamentary action to propose something. A similar procedure in any official or business meeting. “The motion to amend is now open for discussion.”
- noun (obsolete) An entertainment or show, especially a puppet show.
- noun (philosophy) from κίνησις (kinesis); any change. Traditionally of four types: generation and corruption, alteration, augmentation and diminution, and change of place.
- noun Movement of the mind, desires, or passions; mental act, or impulse to any action; internal activity.
- noun (law) A formal request, oral or written, made to a judge or court of law to obtain an official court ruling or order for a legal action to be taken by, or on behalf of, the movant.
- noun (euphemistic) A movement of the bowels; the product of such movement.
- noun (music) Change of pitch in successive sounds, whether in the same part or in groups of parts. (Conjunct motion is that by single degrees of the scale. Contrary motion is when parts move in opposite directions. Disjunct motion is motion by skips. Oblique motion is when one part is stationary while another moves. Similar or direct motion is when parts move in the same direction.)
- verb To gesture indicating a desired movement. “He motioned for me to come closer.”
- verb (proscribed) To introduce a motion in parliamentary procedure.
- verb To make a proposal; to offer plans.
- proper noun A surname.
Synonyms
move movement gesture motility question apparent motion apparent movement gesticulate
Antonyms
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English mocioun, mocion, from Anglo-Norman motion, Middle French motion, and their etymon Latin mōtiō (“movement, motion”), related to movēre, from Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- (“to move”).
Possibly a variant of Mowson.
Webster’s 1913
- noun 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.
- noun Power of, or capacity for, motion.
- verb To make a significant movement or gesture, as with the hand; as, to motion to one to take a seat.
- verb To make proposal; to offer plans. [Obs.] Shak.
Etymology [F., fr. L. motio, fr. movere, motum, to move. See Move.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “motion”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details