motion
US: /ˈmoʊʃən/
UK: /mˈəʊʃən/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
motion /'mouʃn/- danh từ
- sự vận động, sự chuyển đông, sự di động
- motion to and from: sự chuyển động qua lại
- cử động, cử chỉ, dáng đi
- a very graceful motion: dáng đi rất duyên dáng
- bản kiến nghị; sự đề nghị
- to table a motion: đưa ra một đề nghị
- on the motion of: theo đề nghị của
- (y học) sự đi ngoài, sự đi ỉa
- máy móc
- sự vận động, sự chuyển đông, sự di động
- động từ
- ra hiệu, ra ý
- to motion someone to go out: ra hiệu cho ai đi ra
- ra hiệu, ra ý
Advanced English dictionary
noun, verb+ noun
1 [U, sing.] the act or process of moving or the way sth moves: Newton's laws of motion + The swaying motion of the ship was making me feel seasick. + (formal) Do not alight while the train is still in motion (= moving). + Rub the cream in with a circular motion.
See also -
2 [C] a particular movement made usually with your hand or your head, especially to communicate sth
Synonym: GESTURE
At a single motion of his hand, the room fell silent. + She made a sawing motion with her hand.
3 [C] a formal proposal that is discussed and voted on at a meeting: to table / put forward a motion + to propose a motion (= to be the main speaker in favour of a motion) + The motion was adopted / carried by six votes to one.
4 [C] (BrE, formal) an act of emptying the bowels; the waste matter that is emptied from the bowels
Idioms: go through the motions (of doing sth) to do or say sth because you have to, not because you really want to
set / put sth in motion to start sth moving: They set the machinery in motion. + (figurative) The wheels of change have been set in motion.
+ verb
~ to sb (to do sth)
~ (for) sb to do sth to make a movement, usually with your hand or head to show sb what you want them to do: [V] I motioned to the waiter. + She motioned him into her office. + He motioned for us to follow him. [also VN to inf]
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
1 movement, moving, change, shift, shifting, action, going, travelling, travel, progress, passage, transit; activity, commotion, stir, agitation, turmoil, turbulence:
One could barely sense the slow motion of the train. The leaves of the aspen appear to be in constant motion
2 mobility, movability, motility:
I could feel the motion gradually returning to my numbed limbs.
3 gait, bearing, carriage, tread, walk, step:
The machine works with alternate upward and downward motions.
4 gesture, gesticulation, signal, sign:
She made a motion for me to come nearer.
5 proposal, suggestion, proposition, recommendation, offering, submission:
A motion must be seconded by a member in good standing.
v.
6 gesture, gesticulate, beckon, signal, sign, wave:
The cashier motioned to me and I went over to the window.
Collocation
1 movement
ADJ.
steady | circular, rolling, swaying | perpetual
the search for the secret of perpetual motion
VERB + MOTION
feel
She could feel the rolling motion of the ship under her feet.
| make
He made little flapping motions with his arms.
PREP.
into ~
The insects are stirred into motion by the heat of the sun.
| in ~
Do not open the door when the train is in motion.
2 suggestion
VERB + MOTION
propose, put, put forward, table
The motion was put to the conference and fully debated. The Opposition tabled a motion calling for the prime minister's resignation.
| debate, discuss
The motion will be debated later today.
| vote on | be in favour of, speak in favour of, support, vote for | accept, adopt, approve, carry, pass
The motion was passed by 165 votes to 78.
| be against, speak against, oppose, vote against | defeat, reject
The motion was defeated by 51 votes to 43.
PHRASES
a motion of no confidence
He proposed a motion of no confidence in the government.
Concise dictionary
motions|motioned|motioning'məʊʃnnoun
+a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something
+the use of movements (especially of the hands) to communicate familiar or prearranged signals
+a change of position that does not entail a change of location
+a state of change
+a formal proposal for action made to a deliberative assembly for discussion and vote
+the act of changing location from one place to another
+an optical illusion of motion produced by viewing a rapid succession of still pictures of a moving object
verb
+show, express or direct through movement
