motion
Definitions
Noun
- The use of movements (especially of the hands) to communicate familiar or prearranged signals
- A natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something
- A change of position that does not entail a change of location
- A state of change
- A formal proposal for action made to a deliberative assembly for discussion and vote
- The act of changing location from one place to another
- An optical illusion of motion produced by viewing a rapid succession of still pictures of a moving object
Verb
- Show, express or direct through movement
Fragment
Sounds Like
Spelled Like
Words That Follow
Words That Precede
Statistically Associated
Consonant Match
As a Fragment
Words that contain the term "motion".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | emotional | 4 | 68 |
| 2 | motion | 2 | 55 |
| 3 | emotions | 3 | 43 |
| 4 | emotion | 3 | 34 |
| 5 | promotion | 3 | 26 |
| 6 | motions | 2 | 17 |
| 7 | emotionally | 4 | 13 |
| 8 | motionless | 3 | 7 |
| 9 | commotion | 3 | 6 |
| 10 | promotional | 4 | 6 |
| 11 | emotionalism | 6 | 2 |
| 12 | motioning | 3 | 2 |
| 13 | unemotional | 5 | 2 |
| 14 | motioned | 2 | 1 |
| 15 | demotion | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | demotions | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | locomotion | 4 | 0 |
| 18 | promotions | 3 | 0 |
Sounds Like
Words that sound like the term "motion".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mission | 2 | 78 |
| 2 | imagine | 3 | 61 |
| 3 | emotion | 3 | 34 |
| 4 | emission | 3 | 32 |
| 5 | mason | 2 | 24 |
| 6 | madden | 2 | 18 |
| 7 | emerson | 3 | 8 |
| 8 | mutton | 2 | 8 |
| 9 | macon | 2 | 4 |
| 10 | omission | 3 | 3 |
| 11 | immersion | 3 | 2 |
| 12 | maiden | 2 | 2 |
| 13 | moisten | 2 | 2 |
| 14 | mullen | 2 | 2 |
| 15 | mahone | 2 | 1 |
| 16 | masson | 2 | 1 |
| 17 | melon | 2 | 1 |
| 18 | mennen | 2 | 1 |
| 19 | myron | 2 | 1 |
| 20 | smitten | 2 | 1 |
| 21 | amason | 3 | 0 |
| 22 | amerman | 3 | 0 |
| 23 | amerson | 3 | 0 |
| 24 | amiran | 3 | 0 |
| 25 | amison | 3 | 0 |
| 26 | ammerman | 3 | 0 |
| 27 | amparan | 3 | 0 |
| 28 | amsden | 2 | 0 |
| 29 | emerton | 3 | 0 |
| 30 | emison | 3 | 0 |
| 31 | emmerson | 3 | 0 |
| 32 | empson | 2 | 0 |
| 33 | emption | 2 | 0 |
| 34 | immerman | 3 | 0 |
| 35 | imogen | 3 | 0 |
| 36 | impson | 2 | 0 |
| 37 | maassen | 2 | 0 |
| 38 | maben | 2 | 0 |
| 39 | mabon | 2 | 0 |
| 40 | machen | 2 | 0 |
| 41 | macken | 2 | 0 |
| 42 | madan | 2 | 0 |
| 43 | maden | 2 | 0 |
| 44 | magan | 2 | 0 |
| 45 | maison | 2 | 0 |
| 46 | malan | 2 | 0 |
| 47 | mallen | 2 | 0 |
| 48 | mallon | 2 | 0 |
| 49 | malon | 2 | 0 |
| 50 | mammen | 2 | 0 |
| 51 | mangen | 2 | 0 |
| 52 | mannen | 2 | 0 |
| 53 | mannon | 2 | 0 |
| 54 | marohn | 2 | 0 |
| 55 | marren | 2 | 0 |
| 56 | marron | 2 | 0 |
| 57 | mathan | 2 | 0 |
| 58 | matton | 2 | 0 |
| 59 | maughan | 2 | 0 |
| 60 | maven | 2 | 0 |
| 61 | mawson | 2 | 0 |
| 62 | mayben | 2 | 0 |
| 63 | mayden | 2 | 0 |
| 64 | mayson | 2 | 0 |
| 65 | mayton | 2 | 0 |
| 66 | mebane | 2 | 0 |
| 67 | meegan | 2 | 0 |
| 68 | meenan | 2 | 0 |
| 69 | megan | 2 | 0 |
| 70 | meghan | 2 | 0 |
| 71 | mehran | 2 | 0 |
| 72 | meighan | 2 | 0 |
| 73 | meinen | 2 | 0 |
| 74 | meishan | 2 | 0 |
| 75 | mellen | 2 | 0 |
| 76 | mellon | 2 | 0 |
| 77 | mennan | 2 | 0 |
| 78 | mergen | 2 | 0 |
| 79 | mershon | 2 | 0 |
| 80 | merson | 2 | 0 |
| 81 | merten | 2 | 0 |
| 82 | merton | 2 | 0 |
| 83 | michon | 2 | 0 |
| 84 | millan | 2 | 0 |
| 85 | millen | 2 | 0 |
| 86 | millin | 2 | 0 |
| 87 | millon | 2 | 0 |
| 88 | mirren | 2 | 0 |
| 89 | mitchen | 2 | 0 |
| 90 | mithun | 2 | 0 |
| 91 | mittan | 2 | 0 |
| 92 | mitten | 2 | 0 |
| 93 | mitton | 2 | 0 |
| 94 | mizen | 2 | 0 |
| 95 | moden | 2 | 0 |
| 96 | mogan | 2 | 0 |
| 97 | mohon | 2 | 0 |
| 98 | molen | 2 | 0 |
| 99 | moman | 2 | 0 |
| 100 | moren | 2 | 0 |
| 101 | morren | 2 | 0 |
| 102 | moten | 2 | 0 |
| 103 | mothon | 2 | 0 |
| 104 | moylan | 2 | 0 |
| 105 | muffin | 2 | 0 |
| 106 | mullan | 2 | 0 |
| 107 | mullane | 2 | 0 |
| 108 | murden | 2 | 0 |
| 109 | murnan | 2 | 0 |
| 110 | murnane | 2 | 0 |
| 111 | murton | 2 | 0 |
| 112 | musson | 2 | 0 |
| 113 | myhren | 2 | 0 |
| 114 | mylan | 2 | 0 |
| 115 | myren | 2 | 0 |
| 116 | smallen | 2 | 0 |
| 117 | smidgen | 2 | 0 |
| 118 | smolen | 2 | 0 |
| 119 | smullen | 2 | 0 |
Spelled Like
Words that are spelled similarly to the term "motion".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | emotions | 3 | 43 |
| 2 | notion | 2 | 40 |
| 3 | emotion | 3 | 34 |
| 4 | promotion | 3 | 26 |
| 5 | motions | 2 | 17 |
| 6 | morton | 2 | 15 |
| 7 | lotion | 2 | 8 |
| 8 | option | 2 | 5 |
| 9 | motioned | 2 | 1 |
| 10 | moton | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | emoticon | 4 | 0 |
| 12 | demotion | 3 | 0 |
| 13 | potion | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | mouton | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | motrin | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | motown | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | mothon | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | molton | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | mation | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | moto | 2 | 0 |
Words That Follow
Words that often follow the term "motion" in a sentence.
Words That Precede
Words that often precede the term "motion" in a sentence.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | the motion | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | a motion | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | and motion | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | individual motion | 5 | 2 |
| 5 | in motion | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | commercial motion | 3 | 2 |
| 7 | while motion | 1 | 2 |
Statistically Associated
Words that are statistically associated with "motion" in the same piece of text.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | generated | 4 | 2 |
| 2 | several | 3 | 2 |
| 3 | implementation | 5 | 2 |
| 4 | achieved | 2 | 2 |
| 5 | talking | 2 | 2 |
| 6 | mean | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | impede | 2 | 2 |
| 8 | development | 4 | 2 |
| 9 | northwest | 2 | 2 |
| 10 | forward | 2 | 2 |
Consonant Match
Words that contain the same consonants as the term "motion".
Results:
Term
Definitions: 8
Fragments: 18
Sound Alikes: 119
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 2
Words that Precede: 7
Statistically Associated: 10
Consonant Matches: 20
Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.
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