movement

Meanings

• 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"

Synonyms

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