make a motion

1. 1.

   propose formally; in a debate or parliamentary meeting

   Synonymsmove

   Broaderpropose

Questions about make a motion

What does make a motion mean?

make a motion means "propose formally; in a debate or parliamentary meeting".

What is another word for make a motion?

Close synonyms include move. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is make a motion a common word?

make a motion is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.