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   motion

   /ˈməʊʃn/

   noun

   • 1. the action or process of moving or being moved: "the laws of planetary motion" Similar movementmovinglocomotionrise and fallshiftingstirringto and frotoing and froingcoming and goingprogresspassagepassingtransitcourseflowgoingtraveltravellingmotilitymobility
   • ▪ a gesture: "she made a motion with her free hand" Similar gesturegesticulationmovementsignalsignindicationwavenodbody languagekinesics
   • ▪ a piece of moving mechanism: "the earliest engines had the Gresley conjugated motion for the middle cylinder"
   • 2. a formal proposal put to a legislature or committee: "opposition parties tabled a no-confidence motion" Similar proposalpropositionsubmissionrecommendationsuggestion
   • ▪ an application for a rule or order of court: "often the defendant contributes to the length of proceedings by filing many procedural motions"
   • 3. an evacuation of the bowels: British "73% of the patients had fewer than three bowel motions a day"

   verb

   • 1. direct or command (someone) with a movement of the hand or head: "he motioned Dennis to a plush chair"
   • 2. propose for discussion and resolution at a meeting or legislative assembly: "a resolution, motioned by Adam Tyler, proposed that members without a CCL could still belong to the association"

   Word Origin late Middle English: via Old French from Latin motio(n-), from movere ‘to move’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. motional adjective

   Scrabble Points: 8

   • M

     3

   • O

     1

   • T

     1

   • I

     1

   • O

     1

   • N

     1

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