Definition of MOVEMENT

movement

Plural: movements

Noun

  • The act or process of moving or changing position.
  • a change of position that does not entail a change of location
    • "movement is a sign of life"
  • the act of changing location from one place to another
    • "the movement of people from the farms to the cities"
  • a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something
  • 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"
  • a major self-contained part of a symphony or sonata
    • "the second movement is slow and melodic"
  • a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end
    • "the movement to end slavery"
  • 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"
  • a euphemism for defecation
    • "he had a bowel movement"
  • a general tendency to change (as of opinion)
    • "a broad movement of the electorate to the right"
  • the driving and regulating parts of a mechanism (as of a watch or clock)
    • "it was an expensive watch with a diamond movement"
  • the act of changing the location of something
    • "the movement of cargo onto the vessel"
  • Physical motion between points in space.
  • A system or mechanism for transmitting motion of a definite character, or for transforming motion, such as the wheelwork of a watch.
  • The impression of motion in an artwork, painting, novel etc.
  • A trend in various fields or social categories, a group of people with a common ideology who try together to achieve certain general goals.
  • A large division of a larger composition.
  • Melodic progression, accentual character, tempo or pace.
  • An instance of an aircraft taking off or landing.
  • The deviation of a pitch from ballistic flight.
  • A pattern in which pairs change opponents and boards move from table to table in duplicate bridge.
  • Ellipsis of bowel movement (“an act of emptying the bowels”).
  • Motion of the mind or feelings; emotion.

Examples

  • Albuquerque International Sunport serviced over 200,000 movements last year.
  • Beethoven's movements
  • Each strategic movement of tiles in Scrabble can drastically alter the game’s outcome.
  • I saw a movement in that grass on the hill.
  • social movement
  • The labor movement has been struggling in America since the passage of the Taft-Hartley act in 1947.
  • The movement on his cutter was devastating.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English mevement, from Old French movement (modern French mouvement), from movoir + -ment; cf. also Medieval Latin movimentum, from Latin movere (“move”). Doublet of moment and momentum. In this sense, displaced native Old English styring, which led to Modern English stirring.
Morphologically move + -ment.

Synonyms

apparent motion, apparent movement, bm, bowel movement, campaign, cause, crusade, drift, drive, effort, front, motility, motion, move, social movement, trend

Antonyms

stasis

Scrabble Score: 15

movement: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
movement: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
movement: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 19

movement: valid Words With Friends Word