Meaning & Definition of Movement in English
Movement
noun
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"
- motion,
- movement,
- move,
- 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"
- motion,
- movement,
- move
3. A natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something
- movement,
- motion
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"
- movement,
- social movement,
- front
5. A major self-contained part of a symphony or sonata
- "The second movement is slow and melodic"
- movement
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"
- campaign,
- cause,
- crusade,
- drive,
- movement,
- 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"
- apparent motion,
- motion,
- apparent movement,
- movement
8. A euphemism for defecation
- "He had a bowel movement"
- bowel movement,
- movement,
- bm
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"
- drift,
- trend,
- movement
10. The driving and regulating parts of a mechanism (as of a watch or clock)
- "It was an expensive watch with a diamond movement"
- movement
11. The act of changing the location of something
- "The movement of cargo onto the vessel"
- movement