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movement
[ moov-muhnt ]
noun
- the act, process, or result of moving.
Antonyms: ,
- a particular manner or style of moving.
- Usually movements. actions or activities, as of a person or a body of persons.
- Military, Naval. a change of position or location of troops or ships.
- abundance of events or incidents.
Synonyms:
- rapid progress of events.
- the progress of events, as in a narrative or drama.
- 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.
- a progressive development of ideas toward a particular conclusion:
the movement of his thought.
- a series of actions or activities intended or tending toward a particular end:
the movement toward universal suffrage.
- the course, tendency, or trend of affairs in a particular field.
- 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.
- the price change in the market of some commodity or security:
an upward movement in the price of butter.
- the working parts or a distinct portion of the working parts of a mechanism, as of a watch.
- Music.
- a principal division or section of a sonata, symphony, or the like.
- motion; rhythm; time; tempo.
- Prosody. rhythmical structure or character.
movement
/ ˈːəԳ /
noun
- the act, process, or result of moving
- an instance of moving
- the manner of moving
- a group of people with a common ideology, esp a political or religious one
- the organized action of such a group
- a trend or tendency in a particular sphere
- the driving and regulating mechanism of a watch or clock
- often plural a person's location and activities during a specific time
- the evacuation of the bowels
- the matter evacuated
- music a principal self-contained section of a symphony, sonata, etc, usually having its own structure
- tempo or pace, as in music or literature
- fine arts the appearance of motion in painting, sculpture, etc
- prosody the rhythmic structure of verse
- a positional change by one or a number of military units
- a change in the market price of a security or commodity
movement
- 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 Word Forms
- dzܲt·DZmԳ noun
Word History and Origins
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Example Sentences
In this context, some climate activists have concluded that it is time to drop the movement's long-standing commitment to accountability – they will undertake disruptive actions but won't stick around to be arrested any more.
The show was in the works for a while, but it arrived at the height of the #MeToo movement.
“It’s a movement. And it deserves a team with the scale, experience, and infrastructure to realize its potential,” McFarland said.
With mud up to her chest, Ms Blackburn tried to pull Leah out by her legs but "there was no movement".
The distinctive piano, he said, “represents my music, nature and the movement of different cultures.”
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