Definitions for motion

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motion mo·tion

Spelling: [moh-shuh n]

IPA: /ˈmoʊ ʃən/

Motion is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 84 anagrams from letters in motion (imnoot).

Definitions for motion

noun

1. the action or process of moving or of changing place or position; movement.
2. power of movement, as of a living body.
3. the manner of moving the body in walking; gait.
4. a bodily movement or change of posture; gesture.
5. a proposal formally made to a deliberative assembly:
6. Law. an application made to a court or judge for an order, ruling, or the like.
7. a suggestion or proposal.
8. an inward prompting or impulse; inclination:
9. Music. melodic progression, as the change of a voice part from one pitch to another.
10. Machinery. a piece of mechanism with a particular action or function. the action of such a mechanism.

Idioms

1. go through the motions, to do something halfheartedly, routinely, or as a formality or façade.
2. in motion, in active operation; moving:

verb (used with object)

1. to direct by a significant motion or gesture, as with the hand:

verb (used without object)

1. to make a meaningful motion, as with the hand; gesture; signal:

Origin of motion

1350-1400; Middle English mocio(u)n Latin mōtiōn- (stem of mōtiō), equivalent to mōt(us) (past participle of movēre to move) + -iōn- -ion

Examples for motion

I wonder what that lady is doing now, and if she knows what she set in motion with Archer?

Every motion in his great soul was reflected in his face and form.

It was incumbent upon Mr. Gladstone to lead the opposition to this motion.

But his voice never seems to crack or weaken, and he's always in motion—jiggling, aerobic walking, jumping, dancing.

This year McQueen picked up three Oscars (including best picture) for his third motion picture 12 Years A Slave.

Mr. Disraeli's motion was lost, and the ministry was sustained.

The train was already in motion as she tried to step inside, and her body was crushed beneath it.

But what he did set in motion a series of events that ended in his life being lost.

July 4, 1864, Mr. Disraeli brought forward his motion of "no confidence."

He could not see how Mr. Roebuck's motion could be resisted.