Synonym: activity, doings, legislation, movement, proposal, proposition, resolution, suggestion. Antonym: inaction, rest. Similar words: promotion, notion, negotiation, motive, motivate, option, action, nation. Meaning: ['məʊʃn] 
n. 1. a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something 2. the use of movements (especially of the hands) to communicate familiar or prearranged signals 3. a change of position that does not entail a change of location 4. a state of change 5. a formal proposal for action made to a deliberative assembly for discussion and vote 6. the act of changing location from one place to another 7. an optical illusion of motion produced by viewing a rapid succession of still pictures of a moving object. v. show, express or direct through movement.
n. 1. a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something 2. the use of movements (especially of the hands) to communicate familiar or prearranged signals 3. a change of position that does not entail a change of location 4. a state of change 5. a formal proposal for action made to a deliberative assembly for discussion and vote 6. the act of changing location from one place to another 7. an optical illusion of motion produced by viewing a rapid succession of still pictures of a moving object. v. show, express or direct through movement. 
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151) The motion was advanced in order to embarrass the progress of the bill.
152) Right-wing parties tabled a motion of censure against the government.
153) Twelve men voted for the motion and three against it.
154) Giles set in motion a train of events which would culminate in tragedy.
155) The left-wing of the party is confident that the motion will be carried.
156) The motion was adopted / carried by six votes to one.
157) I have set the wheels in motion to sell Endsleigh Court.
158) American motion pictures are written by the half-educated for the half-witted.
159) The Opposition plan to put down a censure motion on the Government's handling of the affair.
160) He summoned the waiter with a motion of his hand.
161) Motion itself is a contradiction.
162) Sex is an emotion in motion. Mae West 
163) Mr Major now faces accusations that he forced the Maastricht motion through the House for no urgent reason.
164) The motion had particularly pleased Mobuto who was desperate to bring Zimbala back into world affairs.
165) A correlation curve indicates the distance over which the motion at one point significantly affects that at another.
166) The move came after a vote by regents indefinitely tabling a motion to rescind their July 20 vote revising admissions policies.
167) It takes a day at least for me to become accustomed to the motion of the ship.
168) A composite motion demanding the straight forward abolition of the block vote was defeated on a show of hands.
169) However, its only motion is to rotate, so it can hardly have caused the accident.
170) As this dream-man called Duvall advanced towards him in slow motion, Jimmy's dream-brain raced, providing answers with utter certainty.
171) His views on motion seem to us today quite absurd.
172) The whole world is in constant motion. The earth moves, the clouds move, the waves move and we too must move. Move and reach to the destination of your choice. RVM
173) This in turn made it a simple matter to adapt Watt's engine to provide rotary motion.
174) The motion to continue proceedings on the bill was passed by 319 votes to 316 with seven deliberate Conservative abstentions.
175) All things are in motion, all is in process, nothing abides, nothing will ever change in this eternal moment. Edward Abbey
176) The character actor has appeared in at least 50 motion pictures in a film career that dates to the 1950s.
177) The motion to reject the small constitution failed by 18 votes to 63 with three abstentions.
178) You should not confuse the 33 illusion of motion with its actuality.sentencedict.com
179) Gravity explains the motions of the planets, but it cannot explain who sets the planets in motion. Isaac Newton
180) Frequently this is accomplished by changing the baton's form as it is in motion.
More similar words: promotion, notion, negotiation, motive, motivate, option, action, nation, section, auction, mention, question, portion, fiction, edition, reaction, fraction, location, function, sanction, equation, adoption, reduction, zonation, donation, abortion, addition, formation, operation, national.