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• newton’s laws of motion
• the swaying motion of the ship was making me feel seasick.
• do not alight while the train is still in motion (= moving).
• rub the cream in with a circular motion.

motion

1. the act or process of moving or the way something moves
• see also slow motion
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/slow-motion
• Newton’s laws of motion
• The swaying motion of the ship was making me feel seasick.
• Do not alight while the train is still in motion (= moving).
• Rub the cream in with a circular motion.
2. a particular movement made usually with your hand or your head, especially to communicate something
• synonym gesture
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/gesture_1
• At a single motion of his hand, the room fell silent.
• She made a sawing motion with her hand.
3. 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. an act of emptying the bowels; the waste matter that is emptied from the bowels
5. to do or say something because you have to, not because you really want to
6. to start something moving
• They set the machinery in motion.
• The wheels of change have been set in motion.

Extra Examples

• Do not open the door when the train is in motion.
• He made little flapping motions with his arms.
• He proposed a motion of no confidence in the government.
• Only delegates may introduce motions and vote.
• She could feel the rolling motion of the ship under her feet.
• The Opposition tabled a motion calling for the prime minister’s resignation.
• The board tabled a motion calling for her resignation.
• The insects are stirred into motion by the heat of the sun.
• The motion (was) carried.
• The motion was defeated by 51 votes to 43.
• The motion was passed by 165 votes to 78.
• The motion was put before the conference.
• The motion was put to the conference and fully debated.
• The motion will be debated later today.
• Too tight a grip will restrict the natural motion in your hands.
• the search for the secret of perpetual motion
• He wound the key and set the toy in motion.
• Please don’t stand while the bus is in motion.
• Scientists have never discovered the secret of perpetual motion.
• She made a slight motion with her hand.
• The swaying motion of the ship was making me feel sick.
• What was Newton’s first law of motion?

Word Origin

• late Middle English: via Old French from Latin motio(n-), from movere ‘to move’.