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movement - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'movement' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Movement [ 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.
- Motion of the mind or feelings; emotion.
- Manner or style of moving; as, a slow, or quick, or sudden, movement.
- The rhythmical progression, pace, and tempo of a piece.
- 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.
- A system of mechanism for transmitting motion of a definite character, or for transforming motion; as, the wheelwork of a watch.

Meaning of 'movement' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . movement [ n]
Meaning (1):
- a general tendency to change (as of opinion)
Example in sentence:
  • a broad movement of the electorate to the right;
  • not openly liberal but that is the trend of the book
Meaning (2):
- a change of position that does not entail a change of location
Example in sentence:
  • an impatient move of his hand;
  • gastrointestinal motility;
  • movement is a sign of life;
  • the reflex motion of his eyebrows revealed his surprise
Meaning (3):
- a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end
Example in sentence:
  • contributed to the war effort;
  • he supported populist campaigns;
  • the movement to end slavery;
  • the team was ready for a drive toward the pennant;
  • they worked in the cause of world peace
Meaning (4):
- a euphemism for defecation
Example in sentence:
  • he had a bowel movement
Meaning (5):
- a group of people with a common ideology who try together to achieve certain general goals
Example in sentence:
  • he led the national liberation front;
  • he was a charter member of the movement;
  • politicians have to respect a mass movement
Meaning (6):
- the act of changing location from one place to another
Example in sentence:
  • his move put him directly in my path;
  • police controlled the motion of the crowd;
  • the movement of people from the farms to the cities
Meaning (7):
- the driving and regulating parts of a mechanism (as of a watch or clock)
Example in sentence:
  • it was an expensive watch with a diamond movement
Meaning (8):
- an optical illusion of motion produced by viewing a rapid succession of still pictures of a moving object
Example in sentence:
  • the cinema relies on apparent motion;
  • the succession of flashing lights gave an illusion of movement
Meaning (9):
- the act of changing the location of something
Example in sentence:
  • the movement of cargo onto the vessel
Meaning (10):
- a major self-contained part of a symphony or sonata
Example in sentence:
  • the second movement is slow and melodic