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movement

[ moov-muhnt ]

noun

  1. the act, process, or result of moving.

    Antonyms: stasis, inertia

  2. a particular manner or style of moving.
  3. Usually movements. actions or activities, as of a person or a body of persons.
  4. Military, Naval. a change of position or location of troops or ships.
  5. abundance of events or incidents.

    Synonyms: eventfulness

  6. rapid progress of events.
  7. the progress of events, as in a narrative or drama.
  8. Fine Arts. the suggestion of motion in a work of art, either by represented gesture in figurative painting or sculpture or by the relationship of structural elements in a design or composition.
  9. a progressive development of ideas toward a particular conclusion:

    the movement of his thought.

  10. a series of actions or activities intended or tending toward a particular end:

    the movement toward universal suffrage.

  11. the course, tendency, or trend of affairs in a particular field.
  12. a diffusely organized or heterogeneous group of people or organizations tending toward or favoring a generalized common goal:

    the antislavery movement; the realistic movement in art.

  13. the price change in the market of some commodity or security:

    an upward movement in the price of butter.

  14. the working parts or a distinct portion of the working parts of a mechanism, as of a watch.
  15. Music.
    1. a principal division or section of a sonata, symphony, or the like.
    2. motion; rhythm; time; tempo.
  16. Prosody. rhythmical structure or character.


movement

/ ˈmuːvmənt /

noun

    1. the act, process, or result of moving
    2. an instance of moving
  1. the manner of moving
    1. a group of people with a common ideology, esp a political or religious one
    2. the organized action of such a group
  2. a trend or tendency in a particular sphere
  3. the driving and regulating mechanism of a watch or clock
  4. often plural a person's location and activities during a specific time
    1. the evacuation of the bowels
    2. the matter evacuated
  5. music a principal self-contained section of a symphony, sonata, etc, usually having its own structure
  6. tempo or pace, as in music or literature
  7. fine arts the appearance of motion in painting, sculpture, etc
  8. prosody the rhythmic structure of verse
  9. a positional change by one or a number of military units
  10. a change in the market price of a security or commodity


movement

  1. In music, a self-contained division of a long work; each movement usually has its own tempo . A long, undivided composition is said to be in one movement.


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Other Words From

  • counter·movement noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of movement1

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English, from Middle French; move, -ment

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Synonym Study

See motion.

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Example Sentences

The FBI has identified the movement as a potential domestic terrorist threat.

Plenty of nonprofits are pushing sustainable harvesting of palm oil and an international movement, Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil, is signing up companies to pledge to employ smart environmental practices.

Agencies made similar moves two years ago in the wake of the Me Too movement.

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The movement of other players has been neglected for a long time.

By the time we get to the final movement, the suspense is palpable.

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Any plans to grow her exercise movement must, she insists, remain “completely organic.”

But the real mystery and injustice came from Brooke being essentially written out of the history of the civil rights movement.

Where the force generating those threats is a widespread, self-sustaining, and virulent social movement?

The feminist movement has encouraged women that they can initiate romantic relationships, too.

Even in the parts of the movement he does cover, some people and efforts are missing.

Selections for practice should be chosen which contain much variety of thought and feeling and are smooth in movement.

Besides this fundamental or primary vibration, the movement divides itself into segments, or sections, of the entire length.

The major-general kept him well informed of every movement of the enemy, and pointed out the dangerous isolation of Davout.

The significance of time is determined by the movement of any selection, or, in other words, the rhythm.

He sympathized with that movement which, during his childhood, culminated in the Cavite Conspiracy (vide p. 106).

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