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

movement

/ ˈmuːvmənt /

noun

1. 1. the act, process, or result of moving
   2. an instance of moving
2. the manner of moving
3. 1. a group of people with a common ideology, esp a political or religious one
   2. the organized action of such a group
4. a trend or tendency in a particular sphere
5. the driving and regulating mechanism of a watch or clock
6. often plural a person's location and activities during a specific time
7. 1. the evacuation of the bowels
   2. the matter evacuated
8. music a principal self-contained section of a symphony, sonata, etc, usually having its own structure
9. tempo or pace, as in music or literature
10. fine arts the appearance of motion in painting, sculpture, etc
11. prosody the rhythmic structure of verse
12. a positional change by one or a number of military units
13. 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.

Other Words From

• counter·movement noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of movement¹

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

Synonym Study

See motion.

Example Sentences

Using historical data and a novel set of weather-based predictors, the authors based their research on measuring advection -- the rate of water movement -- between two hydrometric stations on the Ottawa River.

From Science Daily

Amy Friedlander, a mother of three from the Wait Mate movement - which encourages parents to delay giving their kids smartphones - agrees.

From BBC

The animation below, from NOAA’s GOES-West satellite, shows the formation of the cyclone and its movement up the coast.

From Los Angeles Times

Ms Riley called police at 09:11 that morning and her heart stopped at 09:28, with no more movement from her device.

From BBC

A US envoy has arrived in Israel to continue negotiations on a ceasefire with Lebanon's Hezbollah movement, after reporting “additional progress” during a second day of talks in Beirut.

From BBC

Related Words

• change
• crusade
• demonstration
• evolution
• faction
• flow
• group
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• party
• shift
• tendency
• transfer
• trend
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