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# motion

«motion» in Mova's school dictionary: **Movement; the act of moving** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (motion, motions); verb (motion, motions, motioned, motioning)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Movement; the act of moving. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/motion/#m1)

2) A single movement, especially of the hand or body. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/motion/#m2)

3) (verb) To give someone a sign with your hand or head. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/motion/#m3)

4) A formal suggestion that a group votes on at a meeting or debate. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/motion/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In science, motion is studied with forces: speed, pushes, pulls, and things staying still unless a force acts on them. In everyday life, «motion sickness» is feeling sick in a car, boat or plane. Phrases: «in motion», «set in motion», «slow motion», «go through the motions», «motion sensor».

### examples

- The train was already in motion. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/motion/#x1)
- Do not stand up while the bus is in motion. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/motion/#x2)
- We watched the goal again in slow motion. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/motion/#x3)
- She motioned for us to sit down. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/motion/#x4)
- A force can change an object's motion. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/motion/#x5)
- The light came on because of a motion sensor. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/motion/#x6)
- Some people get motion sickness on boats. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/motion/#x7)
- He watched every motion of the child. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/motion/#x8)

### note

Mostly uncountable (movement); countable for single movements. «Go through the motions» means do something without really caring. A school debate may start with «This house believes…», which is the motion.

### In the corpora

- [Tense music, close-ups and slow motion make ordinary mistakes feel dangerous; turn the sound down and the drama shrinks.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/54-reality-tv-what-is-staged-and-what-is-real/13/)
- [«The poetry of motion!](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/32-willows-ch2-part4-the-wreck-and-the-new-craze/5/)
- [The poetry of motion!](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/32-willows-ch2-part4-the-wreck-and-the-new-craze/21/)
- [The motion is the topic of a debate, such as "Homework should be banned".](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/49-debating-and-discussion/5/)
- [One side argues for the motion and the other side argues against it.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/49-debating-and-discussion/6/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «motion» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/motion/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.