Motion

//ˈməʊ.ʃən//

Synonyms for "motion" (185 found)

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Closest matches (37)

Strong matches (56)

Verb(2 words)
gesticulategesture

Related words (92)

Noun(2 words)
questionstool

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More general

11 entries

Antonyms

12 entries

Synonyms

4 entries

Related terms

6 entries

derived

101 entries

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distinct from

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has context

6 entries

is a

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related to

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Translations

107 translations across 57 languages.

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Afrikaans

1 entries
  • beweging noun (state of progression from one place to another)

Albanian

1 entries
  • lëvizje noun (state of progression from one place to another)

Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • κίνησις noun (state of progression from one place to another)

Arabic

1 entries
  • حَرَكَة noun (state of progression from one place to another)

Armenian

2 entries
  • շարժում noun (state of progression from one place to another)
  • շարժում noun (change of place or position)

Bashkir

3 entries
  • тәҡдим noun (parliamentary proposal)
  • хәрәкәт noun (state of progression from one place to another)
  • хәрәкәт noun (change of place or position)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • рух noun (state of progression from one place to another)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • движе́ние noun (state of progression from one place to another)
  • ход noun (change of place or position)

Catalan

2 entries
  • moció noun (parliamentary proposal)
  • moviment noun (state of progression from one place to another)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 動作 /动作 noun (state of progression from one place to another)
  • 動議 /动议 noun (parliamentary proposal)
  • 提案 noun (parliamentary proposal)
  • 運動 /运动 noun (state of progression from one place to another)

Czech

1 entries
  • pohyb noun (state of progression from one place to another)

Danish

1 entries
  • bevægelse noun (state of progression from one place to another)

Dutch

2 entries
  • beweging noun (state of progression from one place to another)
  • motie noun (parliamentary proposal)

Esperanto

3 entries
  • mocio noun (parliamentary proposal)
  • movado noun (state of progression from one place to another)
  • signi verb (gesture indicating a desired movement)

Estonian

2 entries
  • liigutus noun (state of progression from one place to another)
  • liikumine noun (state of progression from one place to another)

Finnish

3 entries
  • aloite noun (parliamentary proposal)
  • liike noun (state of progression from one place to another)
  • liike noun (change of place or position)

French

3 entries
  • motion noun (parliamentary proposal)
  • mouvement noun (state of progression from one place to another)
  • mouvement noun (change of place or position)

German

2 entries
  • Antrag noun (parliamentary proposal)
  • Bewegung noun (state of progression from one place to another)

Greek

2 entries
  • κίνηση noun (state of progression from one place to another)
  • πρόταση noun (parliamentary proposal)

Haitian Creole

1 entries
  • mouvman noun (change of place or position)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • תְּנוּעָה noun (state of progression from one place to another)

Hindi

3 entries
  • गति noun (state of progression from one place to another)
  • चलना noun (change of place or position)
  • प्रस्ताव noun (parliamentary proposal)

Hungarian

3 entries
  • indítvány noun (parliamentary proposal)
  • javaslat noun (parliamentary proposal)
  • mozgás noun (state of progression from one place to another)

Indonesian

2 entries
  • gerakan noun (state of progression from one place to another)
  • mosi noun (parliamentary proposal)

Irish

1 entries
  • gluaisne noun (change of place or position)

Italian

3 entries
  • movimento noun (state of progression from one place to another)
  • mozione noun (parliamentary proposal)
  • mozioni noun (parliamentary proposal)

Japanese

4 entries
  • 動き noun (state of progression from one place to another)
  • 動議 noun (parliamentary proposal)
  • 提案 noun (parliamentary proposal)
  • 運動 noun (state of progression from one place to another)

Korean

1 entries
  • 운동 noun (state of progression from one place to another)

Latin

3 entries
  • mōtiō noun (state of progression from one place to another)
  • mōtiō noun (parliamentary proposal)
  • mōtus noun (state of progression from one place to another)

Latvian

3 entries
  • kustība noun (state of progression from one place to another)
  • kustība noun (change of place or position)
  • pārvietošanās noun (change of place or position)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • движење noun (state of progression from one place to another)

Mongolian

1 entries
  • хөдөлгөөн noun (state of progression from one place to another)

Māori

1 entries
  • mōtini noun (parliamentary proposal)

Norman

1 entries
  • motion noun (parliamentary proposal)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • bevegelse noun (state of progression from one place to another)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries
  • bevegelse noun (state of progression from one place to another)
  • rørsle noun (state of progression from one place to another)

Old English

1 entries
  • styring noun (state of progression from one place to another)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries
  • حركت noun (state of progression from one place to another)

Persian

3 entries
  • جابجایی noun (change of place or position)
  • حرکت noun (state of progression from one place to another)
  • روش noun (state of progression from one place to another)

Plautdietsch

1 entries
  • Bewäajunk noun (state of progression from one place to another)

Polish

1 entries
  • ruch noun (state of progression from one place to another)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • deslocamento noun (change of place or position)
  • movimento noun (state of progression from one place to another)
  • movimento noun (change of place or position)
  • moção noun (parliamentary proposal)

Romanian

2 entries
  • mișcare noun (state of progression from one place to another)
  • mișcare noun (change of place or position)

Russian

2 entries
  • движе́ние noun (state of progression from one place to another)
  • предложе́ние noun (parliamentary proposal)

Scottish Gaelic

3 entries
  • gluasad noun (state of progression from one place to another)
  • gluasad noun (change of place or position)
  • iarrtas noun (parliamentary proposal)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • gíbanje noun (state of progression from one place to another)
  • krétānje noun (state of progression from one place to another)
  • ги́ба̄ње noun (state of progression from one place to another)
  • кре́та̄ње noun (state of progression from one place to another)

Slovak

1 entries
  • pohyb noun (state of progression from one place to another)

Slovene

1 entries
  • gibanje noun (state of progression from one place to another)

Spanish

2 entries
  • moción noun (parliamentary proposal)
  • movimiento noun (state of progression from one place to another)

Swedish

2 entries
  • motion noun (parliamentary proposal)
  • rörelse noun (state of progression from one place to another)

Tagalog

2 entries
  • mosyon noun (parliamentary proposal)
  • mungkahi noun (parliamentary proposal)

Tajik

1 entries
  • ҳаракат noun (state of progression from one place to another)

Tamil

1 entries
  • இயக்கம் noun (state of progression from one place to another)

Thai

1 entries
  • การเคลื่อนที่ noun (state of progression from one place to another)

Turkish

2 entries
  • devinim noun (state of progression from one place to another)
  • hareket noun (state of progression from one place to another)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • рух noun (state of progression from one place to another)

Vietnamese

2 entries
  • cử động noun (state of progression from one place to another)
  • vận động noun (state of progression from one place to another)

Sample sentences

27 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

And I call on the chairman of the Education Committee to support the motion.

Source: tatoeba (19108)

The discussion produced a great deal of noise, but no forward motion.

Source: tatoeba (19995)

Passengers shall not converse with the driver while the bus is in motion.

Source: tatoeba (26577)

A ballet theater is a place in which I can study motion.

Source: tatoeba (34988)

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