motion
- noun
- /ˈmoʊʃən/
- Formal
- During the meeting, the member proposed a motion for a vote on the new policy.
- make a motion
- introduce a motion
- pass a motion
One of those proposing this motion was Idi Amin.
- One of those proposing this motion was Idi Amin.
- A judge denies motions in the ARM V Qualcomm cases.
- But we've seen in the courts month after month, motion after motion go against her.
- So he's going to set out these three motions, right?
- I have the latest salacious legal motions in tonight's Stormy Watch.
- And just the cost of your time, just you going through all these additional compliance motions.
Examples
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And then all those not in favour of the proposition, OK, I think the motion passes.
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And that had been completely denied before a motion to put all this back in.
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So they file a motion saying, look, judge, we just want you to throw this out.
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So when will that motion be laid?
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I'm gonna grant the motion.
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Please, a vote for this motion would not be meaningless.
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The first order of business was a motion to form a permanent organization, which carried unanimously.
Academic text (2017) -
Accordingly, the court approved the government's motion for an exclusion of time.
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Seems that there's been a motion to create a new fraternity on our campus.
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After a short recess, Drummond makes a formal motion to dismiss the entire panel.
Fiction book (1995)
Synonyms
A plan or suggestion put forward for others to consider
A formal decision agreed on by a group after a vote
A formal proposal in a meeting that members vote on
Idioms
Compounds
- Specialized
A way of showing action in film or video that happens more slowly than real life
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A rule that shows how pushes and pulls change how things move, for example by starting or stopping
An American group that gives the Oscars every year for work in movies
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Three basic rules that explain how objects move and push each other in physics
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Tiny particles in a liquid or gas move randomly when molecules hit them
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An object stays still or keeps moving at the same speed and direction unless a force acts on it
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A movement that goes back and forth around a middle point, like a pendulum
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Every force causes an equal force in the opposite direction
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Movement of one object measured from another or from a person watching
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Movement of one object around another in space, like a planet around a star
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Every push on an object causes an equal push back in the opposite direction
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A visual effect that makes still images look like they are moving, as in movies
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Movement when something turns around its own middle like a spinning top
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Movement where speed changes by different amounts over time
A public show where moving pictures and sound tell a story, like a film at a cinema
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A rule that describes how planets move around the Sun in oval paths
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An object stays still or keeps moving in the same straight line unless a force acts on it
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A rule that a force changes an object's motion more when the force is bigger or the object is lighter
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Movement that repeats at regular times, with each cycle taking the same amount of time
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A rule that says how a force makes an object move faster depending on its mass
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A study that measures how long each part of a job takes to find a faster way
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People watch how workers do a job to find the fastest, easiest way to do it
- Informal
A situation that gets worse slowly in public while people cannot stop it
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A repeating back and forth movement where the pull back gets stronger the farther it moves from center
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Movement where speed decreases by the same amount every second
How Formal
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Motion for a formal proposal comes from the idea of 'moving' something forward, from Latin movere 'to move', the same root as English move. So, to make a motion in a meeting is to 'move' an idea into discussion and for people to vote on.