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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
Thorpe spearheaded an Indigenous-run Blak Sovereign movement opposing the Voice, calling instead for priority to be given to a legally binding treaty between First Nations peoples and the Australian government.
Certainly, the band's gleeful celebration of drug culture puts them at odds with the old guard of the movement - but the band are serious about their desire for a unified Ireland.
VJMU’s focus on making a personal statement with one’s car is rapidly turning into a movement with its own momentum.
After 10 years, he announced his retirement from politics, but his continuing activism, even into his 80s, helped set in motion a series of political movements and cultural upheaval in Southern California.
It contributes to the forecast data for Air Force strike planning and Army troop movement.
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