motion en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈməʊ.ʃən/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈmoʊ.ʃən/ (General-American)
- (General-American) audio
- (General-American) audio
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”).
Meanings
-
(countable, uncountable) 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.
Secondly, When a body is once in motion it will continue to move forever, unless something stops it. When a ball is struck on the surface of the earth, the friction of the earth and the resistance of the air soon stop its motion.
1839, Denison Olmsted, A Compendium of Astronomy, page 95:This is the great wheel to which the clock owes its motion.
1667, attributed to Richard Allestree, The Causes of the Decay of Christian Piety. […], London: […] R. Norton for T. Garthwait, […], →OCLC:Several parties of hop-pickers joined the train at the intermediate stations, and the guard performed the acrobatic feat of walking along the footboards of the coaches to examine tickets, while the train was in motion.
1947 May and June, “Notes and News: The Kent & East Sussex Railway Today”, in Railway Magazine, page 182:
-
(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.
Yes, I agree, and thank you for your motion.
c. 1591–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Third Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iii]:
-
(countable, obsolete, uncountable) An entertainment or show, especially a puppet show.
when God gave him reason, he gave him freedom to choose, for reason is but choosing; he had bin else a meer artificiall Adam, such an Adam as he is in the motions.
1644, John Milton, Areopagitica:
-
(countable, uncountable) from κίνησις (kinesis); any change. Traditionally of four types: generation and corruption, alteration, augmentation and diminution, and change of place.
I say, it is no uneven jot, to pass from the more faint and obscure examples of Spermatical life to the more considerable effects of general Motion in Minerals, Metalls, and sundry Meteors, whose easie and rude shapes may have no need of any Principle of Life, or Spermatical form distinct from the Rest or Motion of the particles of the Matter.
1662, Henry More, An Antidote Against Atheism, Book II, A Collection of Several Philosophical Writings of Dr. Henry More, p. 53
-
(countable, uncountable) Movement of the mind, desires, or passions; mental act, or impulse to any action; internal activity.
Let a good man obey every good motion rising in his heart, knowing that every such motion proceeds from God.
1692–1717, Robert South, Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London:
- (countable, uncountable) 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.
-
(countable, euphemistic, uncountable) A movement of the bowels; the product of such movement.
From that time to the present (three weeks) she has taken one pill every night, and had one comfortable motion every morning without the aid of any other aperient, and her health has much improved.
1857, William Braithwaite, The Retrospect of Medicine:
-
(countable, uncountable) 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.)
The independent motions of different parts sounding together constitute counterpoint.
1878, George Grove, A Dictionary of Music and Musicians:
-
(countable, obsolete, uncountable) A puppet, or puppet show.
What motion's this? the model of Nineveh?
c. 1613, Thomas Middleton, William Rowley, “Wit at Several Weapons. A Comedy.”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1647, →OCLC, Act I, scene i:
-
(countable, uncountable) A piece of moving mechanism, such as on a steam locomotive.
[...] three 2-4-2 tank engines were secured from the Hunslet Engine Co. of Leeds. As the line began on the Quay in Bideford, the locomotives had their motion encased, as shown in the illustrations on page 414.
1939 June, “Pertinent Paragraphs: The Bideford, Westward Ho! & Appledore Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 459:
-
(slang, uncountable) Success; achievements, especially those that others cannot match.
You've never got no motion, lad / You've never got no action
2025, “Phantom”, in Rebel, performed by EsDeeKid and Rico Ace:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| motions | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Deriveds
motion blindness · motion of confidence · ideomotion · motion picture · reed motion · lost motion · motionable · biomotion · motion of no confidence · loose motion · set the wheels in motion · nonmotion · perpetual motion machine · midmotion · angular motion · simple harmonic motion · go through the motions · motionist · motion test · motionless · egomotion · confidence motion · screen motion capture · motion design · electromotion · motion detector · perpetual motion · poetry in motion · motion parallax · flowmotion · full-motion video · oculomotion · oblique motion · parallel motion · idiomotion · motion of someone's ocean · gyromotion · flow motion · MJPEG · slow motion · own motion · motion dazzle · mismotion · motional · full motion video · stereomotion · motion and time study · canon by contrary motion · accelerated motion · mean motion · motion pic · stop motion · self-motion · set in motion · time and motion expert · all motion and no meat · parallax motion · slow-motion · motion controller · pass motion · swing motion · motion-capture · perpetual motion machine of the second kind · micromotion · Clayton motion · perpetual motion machine of the first kind · mere motion · retrograde motion · equation of motion · motion lotion · electro-motion · vasomotion · motionwork · put in motion · harmonic motion · diurnal motion · motion blur · space motion · no-confidence motion · Daubert motion · man in motion · time-and-motion expert · motion discomfort · early day motion · link motion · time and motion study · motion designer · motion sickness · time-and-motion study · premotion · proper motion · in motion · of motion · motion capture · time-motion study · quantity of motion · Brownian motion · range of motion · peculiar motion · state of motion · countermotion · nervimotion · trainwreck in slow motion · monkey motion
Synonyms
Translations (107)
nb bevegelse (state of progression from one place to another) · hu indítvány (parliamentary proposal) · ba хәрәкәт (change of place or position) · gd gluasad (change of place or position) · he תְּנוּעָה (state of progression from one place to another) · mk движење (state of progression from one place to another) · da bevægelse (state of progression from one place to another) · cmn 提案 (parliamentary proposal) · ko 운동 (state of progression from one place to another) · eo mocio (parliamentary proposal) · ta இயக்கம் (state of progression from one place to another) · sh кре́та̄ње (state of progression from one place to another) · la mōtus (state of progression from one place to another) · sl gibanje (state of progression from one place to another) · sv rörelse (state of progression from one place to another) · pt deslocamento (change of place or position) · nl beweging (state of progression from one place to another) · tr hareket (state of progression from one place to another) · uk рух (state of progression from one place to another) · nn bevegelse (state of progression from one place to another) · es movimiento (state of progression from one place to another) · hi चलना (change of place or position) · tl mosyon (parliamentary proposal) · gd iarrtas (parliamentary proposal) · ga gluaisne (change of place or position) · ja 動き (state of progression from one place to another) · fa روش (state of progression from one place to another) · ba хәрәкәт (state of progression from one place to another) · el κίνηση (state of progression from one place to another) · et liikumine (state of progression from one place to another) · pdt Bewäajunk (state of progression from one place to another) · gd gluasad (state of progression from one place to another) · sh ги́ба̄ње (state of progression from one place to another) · lv kustība (state of progression from one place to another) · nl motie (parliamentary proposal) · hi गति (state of progression from one place to another) · hy շարժում (state of progression from one place to another) · fr mouvement (state of progression from one place to another) · hi प्रस्ताव (parliamentary proposal) · fi liike (state of progression from one place to another) · ar حَرَكَة (state of progression from one place to another) · cmn 運動 /运动 (state of progression from one place to another) · ja 提案 (parliamentary proposal) · eo moviĝo (state of progression from one place to another) · ba тәҡдим (parliamentary proposal) · bg ход (change of place or position) · ca moviment (state of progression from one place to another) · hy շարժում (change of place or position) · ru движе́ние (state of progression from one place to another) · id gerakan (state of progression from one place to another) · el πρόταση (parliamentary proposal) · fr mouvement (change of place or position) · fa حرکت (state of progression from one place to another) · mi mōtini (parliamentary proposal) · cmn 動議 /动议 (parliamentary proposal) · bg движе́ние (state of progression from one place to another) · la mōtiō (parliamentary proposal) · ja 運動 (state of progression from one place to another) · hu mozgás (state of progression from one place to another) · sk pohyb (state of progression from one place to another) · ang styring (state of progression from one place to another) · tl mungkahi (parliamentary proposal) · es moción (parliamentary proposal) · af beweging (state of progression from one place to another) · id mosi (parliamentary proposal) · pt movimento (change of place or position) · hu javaslat (parliamentary proposal) · ht mouvman (change of place or position) · sv motion (parliamentary proposal) · vi vận động (state of progression from one place to another) · be рух (state of progression from one place to another) · it mozioni (parliamentary proposal) · cs pohyb (state of progression from one place to another) · mn хөдөлгөөн (state of progression from one place to another) · ro mișcare (state of progression from one place to another) · lv pārvietošanās (change of place or position) · ota حركت (state of progression from one place to another) · de Antrag (parliamentary proposal) · et liigutus (state of progression from one place to another) · tr devinim (state of progression from one place to another) · sq lëvizje (state of progression from one place to another) · pt movimento (state of progression from one place to another) · th การเคลื่อนที่ (state of progression from one place to another) · cmn 動作 /动作 (state of progression from one place to another) · fr motion (parliamentary proposal) · pl ruch (state of progression from one place to another) · la mōtiō (state of progression from one place to another) · vi cử động (state of progression from one place to another) · fa جابجایی (change of place or position) · pt moção (parliamentary proposal) · de Bewegung (state of progression from one place to another) · eo movado (state of progression from one place to another) · lv kustība (change of place or position) · fi aloite (parliamentary proposal) · ro mișcare (change of place or position) · it movimento (state of progression from one place to another) · ja 動議 (parliamentary proposal) · fi liike (change of place or position) · sh gíbanje (state of progression from one place to another) · ca moció (parliamentary proposal) · it mozione (parliamentary proposal) · grc κίνησις (state of progression from one place to another) · nn rørsle (state of progression from one place to another) · tg ҳаракат (state of progression from one place to another) · sh krétānje (state of progression from one place to another) · ru предложе́ние (parliamentary proposal) · nrf motion (parliamentary proposal)