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movement

/ movement /
noun

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
the act of changing the location of something
"the movement of cargo onto the vessel"
Type of:
change
Kinds of:
displacement deracination transportation transfer transferral
Derived:
move displace
noun Sense 2
a group of people with a common ideology who try together to achieve certain general goals
"he was a charter member of the movement"
"politicians have to respect a mass movement"
"he led the national liberation front"
Type of:
social group
Kinds of:
Free French Fighting French artistic movement art movement Boy Scouts
noun Sense 3
a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something
Type of:
happening occurrence natural event
Kinds of:
crustal movement tectonic movement approach approaching passing
Derived:
travel go move locomote
noun Sense 4
the driving and regulating parts of a mechanism (as of a watch or clock)
"it was an expensive watch with a diamond movement"
Type of:
action action mechanism
Has parts:
watch ticker clock
noun Sense 5
a major self-contained part of a symphony or sonata
"the second movement is slow and melodic"
Type of:
musical composition opus composition
Kinds of:
intermezzo scherzo
Has parts:
sonata
noun Sense 6
the act of changing location from one place to another
"police controlled the motion of the crowd"
"the movement of people from the farms to the cities"
"his move put him directly in my path"
Type of:
change
Kinds of:
approach approaching coming progress progression
Derived:
move displace travel go locomote
noun Sense 7
a euphemism for defecation
"he had a bowel movement"
Type of:
defecation laxation shitting
noun Sense 8
a change of position that does not entail a change of location
"the reflex motion of his eyebrows revealed his surprise"
"movement is a sign of life"
"an impatient move of his hand"
"gastrointestinal motility"
Type of:
change
Kinds of:
abduction adduction agitation body English circumduction
Derived:
move
noun Sense 9
a general tendency to change (as of opinion)
"not openly liberal but that is the trend of the book"
"a broad movement of the electorate to the right"
Type of:
inclination disposition tendency
Kinds of:
evolutionary trend gravitation
Derived:
drive get aim drift
noun Sense 10
an optical illusion of motion produced by viewing a rapid succession of still pictures of a moving object
"the cinema relies on apparent motion"
"the succession of flashing lights gave an illusion of movement"
Type of:
optical illusion
noun Sense 11
a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end
"he supported populist campaigns"
"they worked in the cause of world peace"
"the team was ready for a drive toward the pennant"
"the movement to end slavery"
"contributed to"
Type of:
venture
Kinds of:
advertising campaign ad campaign ad blitz anti-war movement consumerism
Derived:
drive get aim tug labor
Semantic Complexity
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Sense Count
11
Total Synonyms
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Total Relationships
79
Times Searched
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change displacement deracination transportation transfer transferral social group Free French Fighting French artistic movement art movement Boy Scouts