gesture
ges
ˈʤɛs
jes
ture
ʧər
chēr
/ˈʤɛsʧə/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "gesture"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻ…āĻ™ā§āĻ—āĻ­āĻ™ā§āĻ—āĻŋ, āχāĻļāĻžāϰāĻž

a movement of the hands, face, or body used to express an idea, feeling, or intention
gesture definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He nodded in a gesture of agreement.
āϏ⧇ āϏāĻŽā§āĻŽāϤāĻŋāϰ āχāĻļāĻžāϰāĻžāϤ⧇ āĻŽāĻžāĻĨāĻž āύāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāϞāĨ¤
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āĻ…āĻ™ā§āĻ—āĻ­āĻ™ā§āĻ—āĻŋ, āχāĻļāĻžāϰāĻž

a deliberate movement, usually of the hands, used to communicate a specific signal or instruction
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She gave a secret gesture to signal the start of the game.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϖ⧇āϞāĻžāϰ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āϏāĻ‚āϕ⧇āϤ āĻĻāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ—ā§‹āĻĒāύ āχāĻļāĻžāϰāĻž āĻĻāĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻ…āĻ™ā§āĻ—āĻ­āĻ™ā§āĻ—āĻŋ, āχāĻļāĻžāϰāĻž

an action done to express an intention, feeling, or goodwill without necessarily using words
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He offered his seat as a polite gesture.
āϏ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ­āĻĻā§āϰ āχāĻļāĻžāϰāĻž āĻšāĻŋāϏ⧇āĻŦ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āφāϏāύāϟāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āχāĻļāĻžāϰāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ…āĻ™ā§āĻ—āĻ­āĻ™ā§āĻ—āĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to express a meaning with a movement of the hands, face, head, etc.
Intransitive
Ditransitive: to gesture for sb to do sth
to gesture definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The teacher gestured for the students to quiet down before starting the lesson.
āĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώāĻ• āĻĒāĻžāĻ  āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āφāϗ⧇ āĻ›āĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻļāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āχāĻļāĻžāϰāĻž āĻ•āϰāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

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