gesture B1 Topic:The Human Body US /ˈd͡ʒɛs.t͡ʃɚ/ UK /ˈd͡ʒɛs.t͡ʃə/ See IPA manual Freq #5685 Meanings 1 noun A movement of the hands, head, or body to express something. She made a gesture toward the door to show we should leave. 2 noun An action that shows your feelings or intentions toward someone. They sent flowers as a gesture of sympathy. 3 verb To make a movement with your hands or body to express something. He gestured for us to sit down. Thesaurus Synonyms 3 verb · to make a movement with... gesticulatemotion Word family Forms gesturedgesturesgesturing Derived forms countergesturegesticulategesticulationgesticulativegesturablegesturalgesturelessgesturelikegesturementgesturergesturinglyintergesture Common collocations facial gesture Adjective + noun Etymology AI details From Medieval Latin gestūra (“a mode of action”), from Latin gerō (“to bear; (reflexive) bear oneself, behave, act”), past participle gestus. *h₂eǵ- Proto-Indo-European gestūra la-med gerō Latin View etymology graph -> Topics The Human Body Actions & Processes External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # gesture **Type:** Word **Level:** B1 **Part of speech:** noun, verb **IPA (US):** /ˈd͡ʒɛs.t͡ʃɚ/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈd͡ʒɛs.t͡ʃə/ **Frequency rank:** 5685 ## Meanings 1. A movement of the hands, head, or body to express something. 2. An action that shows your feelings or intentions toward someone. 3. To make a movement with your hands or body to express something. ## Examples - She made a gesture toward the door to show we should leave. - They sent flowers as a gesture of sympathy. - He gestured for us to sit down. ## Derived Forms - countergesture - gesticulate - gesticulation - gesticulative - gesturable - gestural - gestureless - gesturelike - gesturement - gesturer - gesturingly - intergesture ## Roots and Affixes - Root: *h₂eǵ- - Root: gestūra - Root: gerō ## Etymology From Medieval Latin gestūra (“a mode of action”), from Latin gerō (“to bear; (reflexive) bear oneself, behave, act”), past participle gestus. ## AI Etymology Gesture comes from Medieval Latin gestūra (“a mode of action”), from Latin gerō (“to bear; (reflexive) bear oneself, behave, act”), past participle gestus. In current use, the main senses are “A movement of the hands, head, or body to express something” and “An action that shows your feelings or intentions toward someone”. ## Topics - The Human Body - Actions & Processes markdown