gesture
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3.2
- noun
- /ˈdʒɛstʃər/
:
gesto
- A small caring gesture can light someone's life up as well.
- a symbolic gesture
- a goodwill gesture
- a dramatic gesture
OK, like the grand gestures I don't fully love.
- OK, like the grand gestures I don't fully love.
- It's courageous and continuous gesture of welcome.
- Again, that's not a gesture that means you're gay.
- Like, yeah, a grand gesture showing how romantic this is.
- And that actually that gesture produces a kind of reconciliation.
- This, this gesture meant so much to this person.
- No, the littlest gestures is what counts.
- What's a grand gesture you try to save or repair a relationship?
- I ask the strength of the gesture to move like a poem.
- Obsession is grand gestures, a strange form of consistency.
- People who love romance or gifts or big gestures or just love love.
- Rather, he says, as the repelling gesture towards the retreating whole of beings.
- A clash of gobbled class in a gesture filled with nowhere.
- It's like the beer gesture proves it's impossibility.
Examples
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l'm flattered by the gesture, but a couple of bucks here and there will be fine.
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Well, listen, I really appreciate the gesture, but I think I wanna go home tonight.
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A gesture of trust, dear friend.
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Those sorts of gestures build trust and partnership.
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What happened last week was very regrettable and unfortunate... ...and, as a gesture, I would like to... ...sign your cast, please.
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In previous months, she had used these gestures to convey her words when sound failed.
Fiction book (1991) -
The ideas for the play come first, and the gestures arise from the struggle to communicate them clearly.
Academic text (2008) -
-Being willing to risk your life for someone else is the noblest of gestures.
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She made a heartfelt gesture of goodwill by donating to the local charity.
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His kind gesture of offering her a ride home showed he cared.
Synonyms
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1.8
A movement made to show meaning or give an instruction
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7.4
Movements of the hands and arms that show feeling or make a point when you speak
A movement of the hand or arm to send a signal
Compounds
How Symbolic
Surface Forms
Etymology
Gesture comes from the Latin gestus and gerere, meaning 'to carry' or 'to do', and is the same root as suggest. A gesture in this sense is an action that 'carries' a message or feeling, so a small act can show thanks or intention even if it does not change anything practical.