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Meanings of forward motion in English

Portuguese
progressão
Catalan
avenç
Spanish
evolución

The act of moving forward (as toward a goal)

progressão
Usage of forward motion in English
1
Use the forward motion and pull on the rope, hand over hand.
Climbing Magazine
2
Everyone's life needed an organizing principle, and relentless forward motion was Reacher's.
Nothing to lose
3
I just wanted to get him away, but with the forward motion.
The Guardian
4
He reached out, frantically grabbing for something to stop his forward motion.
Creepers
5
What probably saved him was that it was not a forward motion.
The Guardian
6
His abrupt cessation of forward motion caused Lamb to bump into him.
Hunters in the Dark
7
Fifty yards of hurtling forward motion took Jack out of the woods.
Death angel
8
That has to feel like forward motion to Sam Nunn, NTI's cofounder.
The way of the world
9
His forward motion stopped, and Victor was thrown against his restraining harness.
Earth Unaware
10
Obstructing him in his forward motion, a face coming out of prepsterhood.
A singular man
11
Using my battered arms, I flayed the water and stopped my forward motion.
Flash and Bones
12
All in all there is a welcome feeling of forward motion.
The Guardian
13
It allows us not to be constrained by the forward motion of time.
Crewel
14
Holly hit the water flaps to slow the ship's forward motion.
Artemis Fowl: The Atlantis Complex
15
Maybe traversing an expanse of tedium creates a sort of cognitive forward motion.
Wired
16
I clung to the banister, trying to stop my forward motion.
Succubi like it hot
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Translations for forward motion
Forward motion through the time
Forward motion across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common