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 →

2) A single movement, especially of the hand or body. tree →

3) (verb) To give someone a sign with your hand or head. tree →

4) A formal suggestion that a group votes on at a meeting or debate. tree →

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 →
• Do not stand up while the bus is in motion. tree →
• We watched the goal again in slow motion. tree →
• She motioned for us to sit down. tree →
• A force can change an object's motion. tree →
• The light came on because of a motion sensor. tree →
• Some people get motion sickness on boats. tree →
• He watched every motion of the child. tree →

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.
• «The poetry of motion!
• The poetry of motion!
• The motion is the topic of a debate, such as "Homework should be banned".
• One side argues for the motion and the other side argues against it.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «motion» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.