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Definition of Movement
1. Noun. A change of position that does not entail a change of location. "Gastrointestinal motility"
Generic synonyms: Change
Specialized synonyms: Abduction, Adduction, Agitation, Body English, Circumduction, Disturbance, Fetal Movement, Foetal Movement, Dart, Flit, Gesture, Headshake, Headshaking, Inclination, Inclining, Eversion, Everting, Inversion, Inversion, Upending, Jerk, Jerking, Jolt, Saccade, Kick, Kicking, Kneel, Kneeling, Lurch, Pitch, Pitching, Eye Movement, Opening, Prostration, Reach, Reaching, Stretch, Reciprocation, Reclining, Retraction, Retroflection, Retroflexion, Rotary Motion, Rotation, Closing, Shutting, Sitting, Posing, Sitting, Snap, Squat, Squatting, Sweep, Toss, Quiver, Quivering, Vibration, Wave, Flicker, Flutter, Waver, Standing, Span, Straddle, Stroke, Squirm, Wiggle, Wriggle, Eurhythmics, Eurhythmy, Eurythmics, Eurythmy
Derivative terms: Move, Move, Move
2. Noun. The act of changing location from one place to another. "His move put him directly in my path"
Generic synonyms: Change
Specialized synonyms: Approach, Approaching, Coming, Advance, Advancement, Forward Motion, Onward Motion, Procession, Progress, Progression, Locomotion, Travel, Lunge, Lurch, Travel, Traveling, Travelling, Chase, Following, Pursual, Pursuit, Ascending, Ascension, Ascent, Rise, Descent, Swing, Swinging, Vacillation, Return, Coast, Glide, Slide, Slippage, Flow, Stream, Crawl, Hurrying, Speed, Speeding, Displacement, Translation, Shift, Shifting, Haste, Hurry, Rush, Rushing, Maneuver, Manoeuvre, Play, Migration
Derivative terms: Motional, Move, Move, Move, Move, Move, Move
3. Noun. A natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something.
Generic synonyms: Happening, Natural Event, Occurrence, Occurrent
Specialized synonyms: Crustal Movement, Tectonic Movement, Approach, Approaching, Passage, Passing, Deflection, Deflexion, Bend, Bending, Change Of Location, Travel, Undulation, Wave, Jitter, Periodic Motion, Periodic Movement, Heave, Backlash, Rebound, Recoil, Repercussion, Kick, Recoil, Seek, Squeeze, Wring, Cam Stroke, Stroke, Throw, Turn, Turning, Twist, Wrench, Undulation, Moving Ridge, Wave, Wobble, Commotion, Whirl, Brownian Motion, Brownian Movement, Pedesis
Derivative terms: Move
4. Noun. A group of people with a common ideology who try together to achieve certain general goals. "He led the national liberation front"
Generic synonyms: Social Group
Specialized synonyms: Fighting French, Free French, Art Movement, Artistic Movement, Boy Scouts, Civil Rights Movement, Common Front, Cultural Movement, Ecumenism, Oecumenism, Falun Gong, Political Movement, Reform Movement, Religious Movement, Zionism, Zionist Movement
5. Noun. A major self-contained part of a symphony or sonata. "The second movement is slow and melodic"
Specialized synonyms: Intermezzo, Scherzo
Group relationships: Sonata
6. Noun. A series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end. "Contributed to the war effort"
Generic synonyms: Venture
Specialized synonyms: Ad Blitz, Ad Campaign, Advertising Campaign, Anti-war Movement, Charm Campaign, Consumerism, Campaigning, Candidacy, Candidature, Electioneering, Political Campaign, Fund-raising Campaign, Fund-raising Drive, Fund-raising Effort, Feminism, Feminist Movement, Women's Lib, Women's Liberation Movement, Gay Lib, Gay Liberation Movement, Lost Cause, Reform, War, Youth Crusade, Youth Movement
Derivative terms: Campaign, Crusade, Drive, Drive, Drive, Drive, Drive
7. 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"
8. Noun. A euphemism for defecation. "He had a bowel movement"
Language type: Euphemism
Generic synonyms: Defecation, Laxation, Shitting
9. Noun. A general tendency to change (as of opinion). "A broad movement of the electorate to the right"
Generic synonyms: Disposition, Inclination, Tendency
Specialized synonyms: Evolutionary Trend, Gravitation
Derivative terms: Drift, Drive
10. Noun. The driving and regulating parts of a mechanism (as of a watch or clock). "It was an expensive watch with a diamond movement"
11. Noun. The act of changing the location of something. "The movement of cargo onto the vessel"
Specialized synonyms: Deracination, Displacement, Conveyance, Transfer, Transferral, Transport, Transportation, Insertion, Introduction, Intromission, Letting Down, Lowering, Transplant, Transplantation, Transplanting, Troop Movement
Derivative terms: Move
Definition of Movement
1. 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.
Definition of Movement
1. Noun. Physical motion between points in space. ¹
2. Noun. (context: horology) For a clockwork, a clock, or a watch, a device that cuts time in equal portions. ¹
3. Noun. The impression of motion in an artwork, painting, novel etc. ¹
4. Noun. A trend in various fields or social categories, a group of people with a common ideology who try together to achieve certain general goals ¹
5. Noun. (music) A large division of a larger composition. ¹
6. Noun. (aviation) An instance of an aircraft taking off or landing. ¹
7. Noun. (baseball) The deviation of a pitch from ballistic flight. ¹
8. Noun. An act of emptying the bowels. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Movement
1. the act of moving [n -S]
Medical Definition of Movement
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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 manoeuvreing; 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. The rhythmical progression, pace, and tempo of a piece. "Any change of time is a change of movement." . 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.
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Movement
Literary usage of Movement
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1904)
"AN ARTIFICIAL ROOT FOR INDUCING CAPILLARY movement OF SOIL MOISTURE. THE rate at
which a plant is able to secure water from a soil, under any given ..."
2. Monographic Medicine by William Robie Patten Emerson, Guido Guerrini, William Brown, Wendell Christopher Phillips, John Whitridge Williams, John Appleton Swett, Hans Günther, Mario Mariotti, Hugh Grant Rowell (1916)
"paralysis in the apraxic extremity; (2) distortions of movement in the apraxic
part; and (3) confusions of movement, an entirely different act being ..."
3. My Bondage and My Freedom by Frederick Douglass (1857)
"A GRAND movement on the part of mankind, in any direction, ... I take the
anti-slavery movement to be such an one, and a movement as sublime and glorious in ..."
4. The American Journal of Psychology by Edward Bradford ( Titchener, Granville Stanley Hall (1922)
""Three discrete touches, one central, two peripheral. One of the peripheral was
like the central, the other was sharper. . No movement of any kind. ..."
5. The American Historical Review by American Historical Association (1905)
"THE FIRST STAGE OF THE movement FOR THE ANNEXATION OF TEXAS IT is but a truism
that the greatest value of history lies in the lesson, intellectual and moral ..."
6. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1899)
"In order to obviate some of these difficulties, another movement has been ...
In strictness, however, it is not a forearm movement, but a movement of the ..."
7. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"The movement has been recognized by most of the churches. In the first stages of its
... These conventions have discussed more than the missionary movement. ..."
8. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1904)
"AN ARTIFICIAL ROOT FOR INDUCING CAPILLARY movement OF SOIL MOISTURE. THE rate at
which a plant is able to secure water from a soil, under any given ..."
9. Monographic Medicine by William Robie Patten Emerson, Guido Guerrini, William Brown, Wendell Christopher Phillips, John Whitridge Williams, John Appleton Swett, Hans Günther, Mario Mariotti, Hugh Grant Rowell (1916)
"paralysis in the apraxic extremity; (2) distortions of movement in the apraxic
part; and (3) confusions of movement, an entirely different act being ..."
10. My Bondage and My Freedom by Frederick Douglass (1857)
"A GRAND movement on the part of mankind, in any direction, ... I take the
anti-slavery movement to be such an one, and a movement as sublime and glorious in ..."
11. The American Journal of Psychology by Edward Bradford ( Titchener, Granville Stanley Hall (1922)
""Three discrete touches, one central, two peripheral. One of the peripheral was
like the central, the other was sharper. . No movement of any kind. ..."
12. The American Historical Review by American Historical Association (1905)
"THE FIRST STAGE OF THE movement FOR THE ANNEXATION OF TEXAS IT is but a truism
that the greatest value of history lies in the lesson, intellectual and moral ..."
13. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1899)
"In order to obviate some of these difficulties, another movement has been ...
In strictness, however, it is not a forearm movement, but a movement of the ..."
14. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"The movement has been recognized by most of the churches. In the first stages of its
... These conventions have discussed more than the missionary movement. ..."
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