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To trigger movement or progress; to get going.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: put in motion
Antonyms: none provided
get going; give impetus to
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- launch a career
- Her actions set in motion a complicated judicial process
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: launch
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: move, displace
Narrower terms: launch
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
19 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Chinese Mandarin:
掀動 /掀动
(xiāndòng)
— trigger movement or progress
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Esperanto:
ekmovi
— trigger movement or progress
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Finnish:
laittaa liikkeelle
— trigger movement or progress
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Finnish:
laittaa liikkeeseen
— trigger movement or progress
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French:
mettre en branle
— trigger movement or progress
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French:
mettre en mouvement
— trigger movement or progress
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German:
in Bewegung setzen
— trigger movement or progress
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Hungarian:
mozgásba hoz
— trigger movement or progress
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Ido:
movar
— trigger movement or progress
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Italian:
mettere in moto
— trigger movement or progress
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Latin:
commoveō
— trigger movement or progress
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Latin:
agitō
— trigger movement or progress
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Latin:
cieō
— trigger movement or progress
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Māori:
whakawaha
— trigger movement or progress
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Polish:
nadawać bieg
— trigger movement or progress
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Polish:
nadać bieg
— trigger movement or progress
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Russian:
приводи́ть в де́йствие
(privodítʹ v déjstvije)
— trigger movement or progress
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Sanskrit:
सुवति
(suvati)
— trigger movement or progress
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Spanish:
poner en marcha
— trigger movement or progress