Synonyms: motion, move, movement
Definition: the act of changing location from one place to another
Usage: police controlled the motion of the crowd; the movement of people from the farms to the cities; his move put him directly in my path
Similar words: change
Definition: the action of changing something
Usage: the change of government had no impact on the economy; his change on abortion cost him the election
Synonyms: motility, motion, move, movement
Definition: a change of position that does not entail a change of location
Usage: the reflex motion of his eyebrows revealed his surprise; movement is a sign of life; an impatient move of his hand; gastrointestinal motility
Similar words: change
Definition: the action of changing something
Usage: the change of government had no impact on the economy; his change on abortion cost him the election
Definition: the use of movements (especially of the hands) to communicate familiar or prearranged signals
Similar words: visual communication
Definition: communication that relies on vision
Definition: a formal proposal for action made to a deliberative assembly for discussion and vote
Usage: he made a motion to adjourn; she called for the question
Similar words: proposal
Definition: something proposed (such as a plan or assumption)
Definition: a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something
Similar words: natural event, occurrence, occurrent, happening
Definition: an event that happens
Synonyms: apparent motion, apparent movement, motion, movement
Definition: an optical illusion of motion produced by viewing a rapid succession of still pictures of a moving object
Usage: the cinema relies on apparent motion; the succession of flashing lights gave an illusion of movement
Similar words: optical illusion
Definition: an optical phenomenon that results in a false or deceptive visual impression
Synonyms: motion
Definition: a state of change
Usage: they were in a state of steady motion
Similar words: state
Definition: the way something is with respect to its main attributes
Usage: the current state of knowledge; his state of health; in a weak financial state
Synonyms: gesticulate, gesture, motion
Definition: show, express or direct through movement
Usage: He gestured his desire to leave
Similar words: communicate, intercommunicate
Definition: transmit thoughts or feelings
Usage: He communicated his anxieties to the psychiatrist