movement

nouns

a change of position that does not entail a change of location
"the reflex motion of his eyebrows revealed his surprise"; "movement is a sign of life"; "an impatient move of his hand"; "gastrointestinal motility"
motility, motion, move, movement
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move
the act of changing location from one place to another
"police controlled the motion of the crowd"; "the movement of people from the farms to the cities"; "his move put him directly in my path"
motion, move, movement
is derived from
move
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move
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move
a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something
motion, movement
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move
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"; "he led the national liberation front"
front, movement, social movement
a major self-contained part of a symphony or sonata
"the second movement is slow and melodic"
movement
is a part of
a musical composition of 3 or 4 movements of contrasting forms
sonata
is a type of (narrower)
a musical work that has been created
"the composition is written in four movements"
composition, musical composition, opus, piece, piece of music
a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end
"he supported populist campaigns"; "they worked in the cause of world peace"; "the team was ready for a drive toward the pennant"; "the movement to end slavery"; "contributed to the war effort"
campaign, cause, crusade, drive, effort, movement
an optical illusion of motion produced by viewing a rapid succession of still pictures of a moving object
"the cinema relies on apparent motion"; "the succession of flashing lights gave an illusion of movement"
apparent motion, apparent movement, motion, movement
a euphemism for defecation
"he had a bowel movement"
bm, bowel movement, movement
a general tendency to change (as of opinion)
"not openly liberal but that is the trend of the book"; "a broad movement of the electorate to the right"
drift, movement, trend
the driving and regulating parts of a mechanism (as of a watch or clock)
"it was an expensive watch with a diamond movement"
movement
is a part of
a timepiece that shows the time of day
clock
is a part of
a small portable timepiece
ticker, watch
is a type of (narrower)
the operating part that transmits power to a mechanism
"the piano had a very stiff action"
action, action mechanism
the act of changing the location of something
"the movement of cargo onto the vessel"
movement
is derived from
move
is a type of (narrower)
the action of changing something
"the change of government had no impact on the economy"; "his change on abortion cost him the election"
change