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Movement

//ˈmuːv.mənt// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Physical motion between points in space. countable, uncountable

    "I saw a movement in that grass on the hill."

  2. 2
    the act of changing location from one place to another wordnet
  3. 3
    A system or mechanism for transmitting motion of a definite character, or for transforming motion, such as the wheelwork of a watch. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    the act of changing the location of something wordnet
  5. 5
    The impression of motion in an artwork, painting, novel etc. countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    a change of position that does not entail a change of location wordnet
  2. 7
    A trend in various fields or social categories, a group of people with a common ideology who try together to achieve certain general goals. countable, uncountable

    "social movement"

  3. 8
    a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end wordnet
  4. 9
    A large division of a larger composition. countable, uncountable

    "Beethoven's movements"

  5. 10
    the driving and regulating parts of a mechanism (as of a watch or clock) wordnet
  6. 11
    Melodic progression, accentual character, tempo or pace. countable, uncountable
  7. 12
    a general tendency to change (as of opinion) wordnet
  8. 13
    An instance of an aircraft taking off or landing. countable, uncountable

    "Albuquerque International Sunport serviced over 200,000 movements last year."

  9. 14
    a major self-contained part of a symphony or sonata wordnet
  10. 15
    The deviation of a pitch from ballistic flight. countable, uncountable

    "The movement on his cutter was devastating."

  11. 16
    a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something wordnet
  12. 17
    A pattern in which pairs change opponents and boards move from table to table in duplicate bridge. countable, uncountable
  13. 18
    a group of people with a common ideology who try together to achieve certain general goals wordnet
  14. 19
    Ellipsis of bowel movement (“an act of emptying the bowels”). abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable

    "when after a movement feces are streaked with blood and the patient suffers from sphincter algia, a fissure should be suspected,"

  15. 20
    an optical illusion of motion produced by viewing a rapid succession of still pictures of a moving object wordnet
  16. 21
    Motion of the mind or feelings; emotion. countable, obsolete, uncountable
  17. 22
    a euphemism for defecation wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English mevement, from Old French movement (modern French mouvement), from movoir + -ment; cf. also Medieval Latin movimentum, from Latin movere (“move”). Doublet of moment and momentum. In this sense, displaced native Old English styring, which led to Modern English stirring. Morphologically move + -ment.

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