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motioning

motioning is the present participle and gerund of motion.

Meaning of motion

Verb

motion (third-person singular simple present motions, present participle motioning, simple past and past participle motioned)

  1. To gesture indicating a desired movement.
    • He motioned for me to come closer.
  2. (proscribed) To introduce a motion in parliamentary procedure.
  3. To make a proposal; to offer plans.
    • Here's Gloucester, a foe to citizens,
      One that still motions war and never peace1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Sixt”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...

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Noun

motioning (plural motionings)

  1. movement
    • F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Beautiful and Damned
      By gesture she was pretending and by words and by the scarcely perceptible motionings of her eyelids […]

Forms of motioning

pluralmotionings

Questions about motioning

What does motioning mean?
Motioning means movement.
What is motioning the present participle and gerund of?
Motioning is the present participle and gerund of motion.
What part of speech is motioning?
Motioning is a noun.
What is the plural of motioning?
The plural of motioning is motionings.

Words near motioning in the dictionary

  1. motionally
  2. motioned
  3. motioner
  4. motioners
  5. Motiong
  6. motioning
  7. motionings
  8. motionist
  9. motionists
  10. motionless
  11. motionlessly

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