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motion

Nouns

• (n) the use of movements (especially of the hands) to communicate familiar or prearranged signals gesture,
• (n) a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something movement,
• (n) a change of position that does not entail a change of location
  • the reflex motion of his eyebrows revealed his surprise
  • movement is a sign of life
  • an impatient move of his hand
  • gastrointestinal motility
  movement, motility, move,
• (n) a state of change
  • they were in a state of steady motion
• (n) a formal proposal for action made to a deliberative assembly for discussion and vote
  • he made a motion to adjourn
  • she called for the question
  question,
• (n) the act of changing location from one place to another
  • police controlled the motion of the crowd
  • the movement of people from the farms to the cities
  • his move put him directly in my path
  movement, move,
• (n) an optical illusion of motion produced by viewing a rapid succession of still pictures of a moving object
  • the cinema relies on apparent motion
  • the succession of flashing lights gave an illusion of movement
  apparent motion, apparent movement, movement,

Verbs

• (v) show, express or direct through movement
  • He gestured his desire to leave
  gesticulate, gesture,

Synonyms

gesticulate gesture movement motility move question apparent motion apparent movement

Antonyms

lifelessness motionlessness stillness

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