motion

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I - noun

1. the use of movements (especially of the hands) to communicate familiar or prearranged signals (Freq. 8)
• Syn:
gesture
• Derivationally related forms:
gesture (for: gesture), gesticulate (for: gesture)
• Hypernyms:
visual communication
• Hyponyms:
sign, gesticulation, beck, facial expression, facial gesture,
flourish, high-five, previous question, shrug, wave, waving,
wafture, V sign, nod, bow, bowing, obeisance,
sign of the cross, curtsy, curtsey
2. a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something (Freq. 7)
• Syn:
movement
• Derivationally related forms:
move (for: movement)
• Hypernyms:
happening, occurrence, occurrent, natural event
• Hyponyms:
crustal movement, tectonic movement, approach, approaching, passing,
passage, deflection, deflexion, bending, bend, change of location,
travel, wave, undulation, jitter, periodic motion, periodic movement,
heave, recoil, repercussion, rebound, backlash, kick,
seek, squeeze, wring, throw, stroke, cam stroke,
turning, turn, twist, wrench, moving ridge, wobble,
whirl, commotion, Brownian movement, Brownian motion, pedesis
3. a change of position that does not entail a change of location (Freq. 6)
- the reflex motion of his eyebrows revealed his surprise
- movement is a sign of life
- an impatient move of his hand
- gastrointestinal motility
• Syn:
movement, move, motility
• Derivationally related forms:
move (for: move), move (for: movement), move
• Hypernyms:
change
• Hyponyms:
abduction, adduction, agitation, body English, circumduction,
disturbance, fetal movement, foetal movement, flit, dart, gesture,
headshake, headshaking, inclination, inclining, inversion, eversion,
everting, upending, jerk, jerking, jolt, saccade,
kick, kicking, kneel, kneeling, lurch, pitch,
pitching, eye movement, opening, prostration, reach, reaching,
stretch, reciprocation, reclining, retraction, retroflection, retroflexion,
rotation, rotary motion, shutting, closing, sitting, posing,
snap, squat, squatting, sweep, toss, vibration,
quiver, quivering, wave, waver, flutter, flicker,
standing, straddle, span, stroke, wiggle, wriggle,
squirm, eurythmy, eurhythmy, eurythmics, eurhythmics
4. a state of change (Freq. 2)
- they were in a state of steady motion
• Ant:
motionlessness
• Derivationally related forms:
move
• Hypernyms:
state
• Hyponyms:
shaking, shakiness, trembling, quiver, quivering,
vibration, palpitation, perpetual motion, precession, stream, flow
• Attrubites:
moving, nonmoving, unmoving
5. a formal proposal for action made to a deliberative assembly for discussion and vote (Freq. 1)
- he made a motion to adjourn
- she called for the question
• Syn:
question
• Hypernyms:
proposal
6. the act of changing location from one place to another (Freq. 1)
- 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
• Syn:
movement, move
• Derivationally related forms:
move (for: move), move (for: movement), motional, move
• Hypernyms:
change
• Hyponyms:
approach, approaching, coming, progress, progression,
procession, advance, advancement, forward motion, onward motion, locomotion,
travel, lurch, lunge, traveling, travelling, pursuit,
chase, pursual, following, rise, ascent, ascension,
ascending, descent, swing, swinging, vacillation, return,
slide, glide, coast, slippage, flow, stream,
crawl, speed, speeding, hurrying, translation, displacement,
shift, shifting, haste, hurry, rush, rushing,
maneuver, manoeuvre, play, migration
7. 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
• Syn:
apparent motion, apparent movement, movement
• Hypernyms:
optical illusion

II - verb

show, express or direct through movement (Freq. 1)
- He gestured his desire to leave
• Syn:
gesticulate, gesture
• Derivationally related forms:
gesture (for: gesture), gesture (for: gesticulate), gesticulation (for: gesticulate)
• Hypernyms:
communicate, intercommunicate
• Hyponyms:
wink, exsert, stretch out, put out, extend,
hold out, stretch forth, shrug, clap, spat, applaud,
acclaim, bless, sign, nod, cross oneself, bow,
bow down, shake, beckon, wave
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s to somebody

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  apparent motion, apparent movement, movement, move, question, motility, gesture, gesticulate
• Từ trái nghĩa / Antonyms:
  motionlessness, stillness, lifelessness