motion

Words with a similar base: apparent_motion, motion

'motion'

[gesture.n.02] as in: the use of movements (especially of the hands) to communicate familiar or prearranged signals

gesture, gesture, gesture, gesticulate, movement, motion, motion, motion, motion, apparent_motion

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visual_communication, entity

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shrug, wave, sign, v_sign, nod, gesticulation, bow, beck, flourish, sign_of_the_cross, curtsy, previous_question, facial_expression, high-five

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apparent_motion, gesticulate, gesture, motion, movement

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'motion'

[movement.n.03] as in: a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something

motion, motion, movement, movement, movement, campaign, apparent_motion, bowel_movement, drift, movement, movement, gesture, motion, motion, gesticulate

move, move, motion, motion, move, travel, move, move, move, go, be_active, move, act, affect, motivate, move, move, move, move, move, move

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happening, entity

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wave, brownian_movement, change_of_location, turning, passing, wobble, undulation, recoil, approach, deflection, recoil, squeeze, wave, jitter, periodic_motion, bending, whirl, seek, crustal_movement, twist, throw, heave

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act, affect, apparent_motion, be_active, change, change_of_location, consume, deepen, depart, deviate, devour, dissemble, exchange, gesticulate, gesture, go, leave, locomotion, motion, motivate, move, movement, sidetrack, switch, transfer, travel, variety, work

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'motion'

[motion.n.03] as in: a change of position that does not entail a change of location

Examples:
the reflex motion of his eyebrows revealed his surprise
movement is a sign of life
an impatient move of his hand
gastrointestinal motility

gesture, movement, motion, motion, motion, motion, apparent_motion, gesticulate, movement, movement, campaign, bowel_movement, drift, movement, movement, move, move, move, travel, move, move, move, go, be_active, move, act, affect, motivate, move, move, move, move, move, move, motility

move, move, motion, motion, move, travel, move, move, move, go, be_active, move, act, affect, motivate, move, move, move, move, move, move

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change, entity

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retraction, opening, agitation, lurch, prostration, retroflection, vibration, headshake, reach, reciprocation, fetal_movement, reclining, waver, disturbance, toss, snap, kneel, shutting, standing, gesture, inversion, adduction, sitting, body_english, wiggle, flit, sitting, inclination, jerk, eye_movement, stroke, inversion, squat, eurythmy, circumduction, wave, straddle, kick, sweep, rotation, abduction

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act, affect, afford, airless, apparent_motion, assailable, be_active, candid, capable, change, change_of_location, cheeseparing, clear, close, close_up, closing, closure, completion, conclude, conclusion, congregation, consume, deepen, depart, deviate, devour, dissemble, exchange, exposed, finale, first_step, flock, fold, gesticulate, gesture, go, hatchway, leave, locomotion, loose, motility, motion, motivate, move, movement, near, open, opening, orifice, outdoors, overt, pen_up, possibility, receptive, shutting, sidetrack, stopping_point, switch, transfer, travel, unfold, variety, work

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'motion'

[motion.n.04] as in: a state of change

Examples:
they were in a state of steady motion

gesture, movement, motion, motion, motion, motion, apparent_motion, gesticulate

move, move, motion, motion, move, travel, move, move, move, go, be_active, move, act, affect, motivate, move, move, move, move, move, move

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motionlessness

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state, entity

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shaking, stream, precession, perpetual_motion

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act, affect, apparent_motion, be_active, change, change_of_location, consume, deepen, depart, deviate, devour, dissemble, exchange, gesticulate, gesture, go, leave, locomotion, motion, motionlessness, motivate, move, movement, sidetrack, switch, transfer, travel, variety, work

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'motion'

[motion.n.05] as in: a formal proposal for action made to a deliberative assembly for discussion and vote

Examples:
he made a motion to adjourn
she called for the question

gesture, movement, motion, motion, motion, motion, apparent_motion, gesticulate, question, question, question, doubt, question, question, interrogate, question, interview, wonder

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proposal, entity

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apparent_motion, doubt, gesticulate, gesture, interrogate, interview, motion, movement, question, wonder

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'motion'

[motion.n.06] as in: the act of changing location from one place to another

Examples:
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

motional, move, move, motion, motion, move, travel, move, move, move, go, be_active, move, act, affect, motivate, move, move, move, move, move, move

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change, entity

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crawl, shift, speed, lurch, return, pursuit, rise, haste, maneuver, locomotion, descent, progress, migration, slide, approach, swing, flow, travel, slippage, translation

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act, advance, affect, apparent_motion, be_active, boost, change, change_of_location, consume, deepen, depart, deviate, devour, dissemble, exchange, gain, gesticulate, gesture, go, improvement, leave, locomotion, motion, motivate, move, movement, overture, progress, promote, sidetrack, switch, transfer, travel, variety, work

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'motion'

[apparent_motion.n.01] as in: an optical illusion of motion produced by viewing a rapid succession of still pictures of a moving object

Examples:
the cinema relies on apparent motion
the succession of flashing lights gave an illusion of movement

apparent_motion, gesture, movement, motion, motion, motion, motion, gesticulate, movement, movement, campaign, bowel_movement, drift, movement, movement

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optical_illusion, entity

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apparent_motion, gesticulate, gesture, motion, movement

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'motion'

[gesticulate.v.01] as in: show, express or direct through movement

Examples:
He gestured his desire to leave

gesticulate, gesture, gesture, gesture, movement, motion, motion, motion, motion, apparent_motion

gesture, gesture, gesture, gesticulate, gesticulation, movement, motion, motion, motion, motion, apparent_motion

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communicate, act

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clap, exsert, nod, applaud, bow, wink, cross_oneself, shrug, bless, beckon, shake

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act, apparent_motion, applaud, consume, devour, dissemble, gesticulate, gesture, motion, movement, work

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Origins

					motion (English)
└── motion (Anglo-Norman)

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