motion
pronunciation
How to pronounce motion in British English:
UK [ˈməʊʃn]
How to pronounce motion in American English:
US [ˈmoʊʃn]
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- Noun:
- 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
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- Verb:
- show, express or direct through movement
Word Origin
- motion (n.)
- late 14c., "suggestion; process of moving," from Old French mocion "movement, motion; change, alteration" (13c.), from Latin motionem (nominative motio) "a moving, a motion; an emotion," from past participle stem of movere "to move" (see move (v.)). Motion picture attested from 1896.
- motion (v.)
- late 15c., "to request, petition" (obsolete), from motion (n.). The sense in parliamentary procedure first recorded 1747; with meaning "to guide or direct by a sign, gesture, movement" it is attested from 1787. Related: Motioned; motioning.