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Quick definitions from WordNet (movement)
▸ noun: the act of changing the location of something ("The movement of cargo onto the vessel")
▸ noun: the driving and regulating parts of a mechanism (as of a watch or clock) ("It was an expensive watch with a diamond movement")
▸ noun: a major self-contained part of a symphony or sonata ("The second movement is slow and melodic")
▸ noun: a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something
▸ noun: a group of people with a common ideology who try together to achieve certain general goals ("He was a charter member of the movement")
▸ noun: the act of changing location from one place to another ("The movement of people from the farms to the cities")
▸ noun: a change of position that does not entail a change of location ("Movement is a sign of life")
▸ noun: a euphemism for defecation ("He had a bowel movement")
▸ noun: a general tendency to change (as of opinion) ("A broad movement of the electorate to the right")
▸ noun: an optical illusion of motion produced by viewing a rapid succession of still pictures of a moving object ("The succession of flashing lights gave an illusion of movement")
▸ noun: a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end ("The movement to end slavery")
▸ Also see movements
▸ Word origin
▸ Words similar to movement
▸ Usage examples for movement
▸ Idioms related to movement (New!)
▸ Popular adjectives describing movement
▸ Words that often appear near movement
▸ Rhymes of movement
▸ Invented words related to movement
▸ noun: the act of changing the location of something ("The movement of cargo onto the vessel")
▸ noun: the driving and regulating parts of a mechanism (as of a watch or clock) ("It was an expensive watch with a diamond movement")
▸ noun: a major self-contained part of a symphony or sonata ("The second movement is slow and melodic")
▸ noun: a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something
▸ noun: a group of people with a common ideology who try together to achieve certain general goals ("He was a charter member of the movement")
▸ noun: the act of changing location from one place to another ("The movement of people from the farms to the cities")
▸ noun: a change of position that does not entail a change of location ("Movement is a sign of life")
▸ noun: a euphemism for defecation ("He had a bowel movement")
▸ noun: a general tendency to change (as of opinion) ("A broad movement of the electorate to the right")
▸ noun: an optical illusion of motion produced by viewing a rapid succession of still pictures of a moving object ("The succession of flashing lights gave an illusion of movement")
▸ noun: a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end ("The movement to end slavery")
▸ Also see movements
▸ Word origin
▸ Words similar to movement
▸ Usage examples for movement
▸ Idioms related to movement (New!)
▸ Popular adjectives describing movement
▸ Words that often appear near movement
▸ Rhymes of movement
▸ Invented words related to movement