to motion
- verb
- /ˈmoʊʃən/
- And he motioned for me to come to him.
- motioned toward the house
And then he motions for like a book and she brings a book.
- And then he motions for like a book and she brings a book.
Examples
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What were you motioning to Claire for?
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His morning ritual complete, he motioned me to follow him out into the fourth-floor hallway.
Fiction book (1990) -
And then he motions for like a book and she brings a book.
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You motioned for me to come down here.
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I was motioning for another drink.
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His boss saw him coming and motioned him over to his office.
Academic text (2002) -
Antonia took a step back and motioned that this one was up to me.
Academic text (1992) -
We stood in the center of the room until Duvalier motioned to us with his hand.
Academic text (1990) -
"Very much so," Marissa said, motioning Wendy to give her a piece of paper.
Fiction book (1991) -
He motioned for the guests to take their seats at the table.
Synonyms
To show or direct attention to something
To move your hand back and forth to greet or get attention
To move a hand to show or ask for something
Move hands or arms when speaking to show an idea
Idioms
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
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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
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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
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Etymology
As a verb, motion comes from Latin movere 'to move' and means to make a movement with your hand or head to show, direct, or invite someone. So, to motion someone is to use a movement to tell them what to do.