Definition of movement

noun (n)

• a change of position that does not entail a change of location (noun.act)

  Synonym: motility, motion, move
  

  Example:
  Movement is a sign of life.
  

  source: wordnet30
• the act of changing location from one place to another (noun.act)

  Synonym: motion, move
  

  Example:
  The movement of people from the farms to the cities.
  

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• a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something (noun.event)

  Synonym: motion
  

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• a group of people with a common ideology who try together to achieve certain general goals (noun.group)

  Synonym: front, social movement
  

  Example:
  He was a charter member of the movement.
  Politicians have to respect a mass movement.
  

  source: wordnet30
• a major self-contained part of a symphony or sonata (noun.communication)

  Example:
  The second movement is slow and melodic.
  

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• a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end (noun.act)

  Synonym: campaign, cause, crusade, drive, effort
  

  Example:
  The movement to end slavery.
  

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• an optical illusion of motion produced by viewing a rapid succession of still pictures of a moving object (noun.phenomenon)

  Synonym: apparent motion, apparent movement, motion
  

  Example:
  The succession of flashing lights gave an illusion of movement.
  

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• a euphemism for defecation (noun.process)

  Synonym: bm, bowel movement
  

  Example:
  He had a bowel movement.
  

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• a general tendency to change (as of opinion) (noun.cognition)

  Synonym: drift, trend
  

  Example:
  A broad movement of the electorate to the right.
  

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• the driving and regulating parts of a mechanism (as of a watch or clock) (noun.artifact)

  Example:
  It was an expensive watch with a diamond movement.
  

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• the act of changing the location of something (noun.act)

  Example:
  The movement of cargo onto the vessel.
  

  source: wordnet30
• The act of moving; change of place or posture; transference, by any means, from one situation to another; natural or appropriate motion; progress; advancement; as, the movement of an army in marching or maneuvering; the movement of a wheel or a machine; the party of movement. (noun)

  source: webster1913

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