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HOW TO PRONOUNCE

motions

/ˈmoʊʃənz/

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What does motions mean?

noun

  1. plural of motion

verb

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of motion

proper noun

  1. plural of Motion

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈmoʊʃənz/

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The travellers several times saw bands of ferocious Indians, who, when they perceived the elephant striding across-country, made angry and threatening motions.
Jules VerneAround the World in Eighty DaysTranslated by George M. (George Makepeace) TowleProject Gutenberg ebook #103
The ratios of their motions, numbers, and other properties, are ordered by the God, who harmonized them as far as necessity permitted.
PlatoTimaeusTranslated by Benjamin JowettProject Gutenberg ebook #1572
More book examples (3)
Does it not bear the same relation to it as the motions upon a ship to the motion of the ship itself?
Carl von ClausewitzOn WarTranslated by J. J. (James John) GrahamProject Gutenberg ebook #1946
How often do the involuntary motions of the countenance discover our inward thoughts, and betray our most private secrets to the bystanders.
Michel de MontaigneEssays of Michel de Montaigne — CompleteTranslated by Charles CottonProject Gutenberg ebook #3600
It made all the motions of pecking, strutted about, flapped its wings, attempted to crow, but, of course, without making any sound.
George M. (George Milbrey) Gould; Walter L. (Walter Lytle) PyleAnomalies and Curiosities of MedicineProject Gutenberg ebook #747