act of moving, motion; specific type of motion, step (in dance, sports, etc.); organization or group of people with a common goal or ideology; musical piece; repositioning; moving parts of a mechanism; defecation
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Movement Definition from Arts & Humanities Dictionaries & Glossaries
Movement Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(n.)
The rhythmical progression, pace, and tempo of a piece.
The rhythmical progression, pace, and tempo of a piece.
(n.)
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.
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.
(n.)
One of the several strains or pieces, each complete in itself, with its own time and rhythm, which make up a larger work; as, the several movements of a suite or a symphony.
One of the several strains or pieces, each complete in itself, with its own time and rhythm, which make up a larger work; as, the several movements of a suite or a symphony.
(n.)
Motion of the mind or feelings; emotion.
Motion of the mind or feelings; emotion.
(n.)
Manner or style of moving; as, a slow, or quick, or sudden, movement.
Manner or style of moving; as, a slow, or quick, or sudden, movement.
(n.)
A system of mechanism for transmitting motion of a definite character, or for transforming motion; as, the wheelwork of a watch.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutA system of mechanism for transmitting motion of a definite character, or for transforming motion; as, the wheelwork of a watch.
movement
\move"ment\ (?), n. [f. mouvement. see move, and cf. moment.]
1. 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.
2. motion of the mind or feelings; emotion.
3. manner or style of moving; as, a slow, or quick, or sudden, movement.
4. (mus.) (a) the rhythmical progression, pace, and tempo of a piece. "any change of time is a change of movement." (b) one of the several strains or pieces, each complete in itself, with its own time and rhythm, which make up a larger work; as, the several movements of a suite or a symphony.
5. (mech.) a system of mechanism for transmitting motion of a definite character, or for transforming motion; as, the wheelwork of a watch.
similar words(24)
troop movement
movement of the bowels
religious movement
zionist movement
zion movement
apparent movement
youth movement
reform movement
social movement
bowel movement
feeling of movement
sense of movement
movement cure
labor movement
discrete movement
amoeligboid movement
concrete sound or movement of the voice
women`s liberation movement
rapid eye movement
trade union movement
passive movement
rapid eye movement sleep
incooumlrdination of muscular movement
brownian 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"
(synonym) motion, move, motility
(hypernym) change
(hyponym) abduction
(derivation) move
2. a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something
(synonym) motion
(hypernym) happening, occurrence, natural event
(hyponym) crustal movement, tectonic movement
(derivation) travel, go, move, locomote
3. 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"
(synonym) motion, move
(hypernym) change
(hyponym) approach, approaching, coming
(derivation) travel, go, move, locomote
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"
(synonym) social movement, front
(hypernym) social group
(hyponym) Free French, Fighting French
5. a major self-contained part of a symphony or sonata; "the second movement is slow and melodic"
(hypernym) musical composition, opus, composition, piece, piece of music
(hyponym) intermezzo
(part-holonym) sonata
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"
(synonym) campaign, cause, crusade, drive, effort
(hypernym) venture
(hyponym) advertising campaign, ad campaign, ad blitz
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"
(synonym) apparent motion, motion, apparent movement
(hypernym) optical illusion
8. a euphemism for defecation; "he had a bowel movement"
(synonym) bowel movement, bm
(hypernym) defecation, laxation, shitting
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"
(synonym) drift, trend
(hypernym) inclination, disposition, tendency
(hyponym) evolutionary trend
10. the driving and regulating parts of a mechanism (as of a watch or clock); "it was an expensive watch with a diamond movement"
(hypernym) action, action mechanism
(part-holonym) watch, ticker
11. the act of changing the location of something; "the movement of cargo onto the vessel"
(hypernym) change
(hyponym) displacement, deracination
(derivation) move, displace
Movement Definition from Social Science Dictionaries & Glossaries
Up: Striving towards ideals or activating mental / spiritual; Down: activating emotions, physical
Movement Definition from Science & Technology Dictionaries & Glossaries
Description: To ship, offer for shipment, offer for entry, import, recieve for transportation, carry or otherwise transport or move, or allow to be moved into, through, or within the United States. (See also safe transfer.)
Source: US Federal Register, Code of Federal Regulations Restrictions on the Introduction of Regulated Articles, 1993
© European Communities, 1995-2004Source: US Federal Register, Code of Federal Regulations Restrictions on the Introduction of Regulated Articles, 1993
Movement Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Movement may refer to:
In society and the arts
- Social movement, a coordinated group action focused on a political or social issue
- Political movement, a coordinated group action focused on a political issue
- Art movement, a tendency or style in art followed by a group of artists
- The Movement (literature), a group of English poets who came to prominence in the 1950s
- Movement (Trotskyist), a working agreement between Movimento Esquerda Socialista of Brazil and Unidad Obrera y Socialista of Mexico.
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Movement Definition from Sports Dictionaries & Glossaries
The act or process of changing the position of an object and or people.
Movement Definition from Entertainment & Music Dictionaries & Glossaries
one part of a larger musical composition; like a chapter of a book
