Meaning & Definition of Movement in English

1. 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"

2. 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"

3. A natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something

4. 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"

5. A major self-contained part of a symphony or sonata

• "The second movement is slow and melodic"

6. 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 the war effort"

7. 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"

8. A euphemism for defecation

• "He had a bowel movement"

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"

10. The driving and regulating parts of a mechanism (as of a watch or clock)

• "It was an expensive watch with a diamond movement"

11. The act of changing the location of something

• "The movement of cargo onto the vessel"