Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - motion
Motion
motion
n. & v. --n. 1 the act or process of moving or of changing position. 2 a particular manner of moving the body in walking etc. 3 a change of posture. 4 a gesture. 5 a formal proposal put to a committee, legislature, etc. 6 Law an application for a rule or order of court. 7 a an evacuation of the bowels. b (in sing. or pl.) faeces. 8 a piece of moving mechanism. --v. (often foll. by to + infin.) 1 tr. direct (a person) by a sign or gesture. 2 intr. (often foll. by to a person) make a gesture directing (motioned to me to leave). Phrases and idioms go through the motions 1 make a pretence; do something perfunctorily or superficially. 2 simulate an action by gestures. in motion moving; not at rest. motion picture (often (with hyphen) attrib.) a film (see FILM n. 3) with the illusion of movement. put (or set) in motion set going or working. Derivatives motional adj. motionless adj. Etymology: ME f. OF f. L motio -onis (as MOVE)
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English mocioun, from Anglo-French ~, from Latin ~-, motio movement, from movēre to move Date: 14th century 1. an act, process, or instance of changing place ; movement, an active or functioning state or condition , an impulse or inclination of the mind or will, 3. a proposal for action, an application made to a court or judge to obtain an order, ruling, or direction, 4. obsolete a puppet show, puppet, mechanism, 6. an act or instance of moving the body or its parts ; gesture, activities, movements, melodic change of pitch, ~al adjective ~less adjective ~lessly adverb ~lessness noun II. verb (~ed; ~ing) Date: 1747 intransitive verb to signal by a movement or gesture , transitive verb to direct by a ~ ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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