move·ment (m v m nt)n. 1. a. The act or an instance of moving; a change in place or position. b. A particular manner of moving. 2. A change in the location of troops, ships, or aircraft for tactical or strategic purposes. 3. a. A series of actions and events taking place over a period of time and working to foster a principle or policy: a movement toward world peace. b. An organized effort by supporters of a common goal: a leader of the labor movement. 4. A tendency or trend: a movement toward larger kitchens. 5. A change in the market price of a security or commodity. 6. a. An evacuation of the bowels. b. The matter so evacuated. 7. The suggestion or illusion of motion in a painting, sculpture, or design. 8. The progression of events in the development of a literary plot. 9. The rhythmical or metrical structure of a poetic composition. 10. Music A self-contained section of an extended composition. 11. A mechanism, such as the works of a watch, that produces or transmits motion. |
movement [ˈmuːvmənt]
n
1.
a. the act, process, or result of moving
b. an instance of moving
2. the manner of moving
3. (Sociology)
a. a group of people with a common ideology, esp a political or religious one
b. the organized action of such a group
4. a trend or tendency in a particular sphere
5. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Horology) the driving and regulating mechanism of a watch or clock
6. (often plural) a person's location and activities during a specific time
7. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Physiology)
a. the evacuation of the bowels
b. the matter evacuated
8. (Music / Classical Music) Music a principal self-contained section of a symphony, sonata, etc., usually having its own structure
9. (Music, other) (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) tempo or pace, as in music or literature
10. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Art Terms) Fine arts the appearance of motion in painting, sculpture, etc.
11. (Literature / Poetry) Prosody the rhythmic structure of verse
12. (Military) a positional change by one or a number of military units
13. (Business / Commerce) a change in the market price of a security or commodity
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| Noun | 1. |  movement - 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"change - the action of changing something; "the change of government had no impact on the economy"; "his change on abortion cost him the election" abduction - (physiology) moving of a body part away from the central axis of the body adduction - (physiology) moving of a body part toward the central axis of the body agitation - the act of agitating something; causing it to move around (usually vigorously) body English - a motion of the body by a player as if to make an object already propelled go in the desired direction circumduction - a circular movement of a limb or eye disturbance - the act of disturbing something or someone; setting something in motion fetal movement, foetal movement - motion of a fetus within the uterus (usually detected by the 16th week of pregnancy) gesture - motion of hands or body to emphasize or help to express a thought or feeling headshake, headshaking - the act of turning your head left and right to signify denial or disbelief or bemusement; "I could tell from their headshakes that they didn't believe me" inclining, inclination - the act of inclining; bending forward; "an inclination of his head indicated his agreement" kicking, kick - a rhythmic thrusting movement of the legs as in swimming or calisthenics; "the kick must be synchronized with the arm movements"; "the swimmer's kicking left a wake behind him" pitching, lurch, pitch - abrupt up-and-down motion (as caused by a ship or other conveyance); "the pitching and tossing was quite exciting" eye movement - the movement of the eyes opening - the act of opening something; "the ray of light revealed his cautious opening of the door" prostration - the act of assuming a prostrate position reciprocation - alternating back-and-forth movement reclining - the act of assuming or maintaining a reclining position retraction - the act of pulling or holding or drawing a part back; "the retraction of the landing gear"; "retraction of the foreskin" retroflection, retroflexion - the act of bending backward rotary motion, rotation - the act of rotating as if on an axis; "the rotation of the dancer kept time with the music" sitting - the act of assuming or maintaining a seated position; "he read the mystery at one sitting" posing, sitting - (photography) the act of assuming a certain position (as for a photograph or portrait); "he wanted his portrait painted but couldn't spare time for the sitting" snap - the act of snapping the fingers; movement of a finger from the tip to the base of the thumb on the same hand; "he gave his fingers a snap" squatting, squat - the act of assuming or maintaining a crouching position with the knees bent and the buttocks near the heels sweep - a movement in an arc; "a sweep of his arm" toss - an abrupt movement; "a toss of his head" wave - a movement like that of a sudden occurrence or increase in a specified phenomenon; "a wave of settlers"; "troops advancing in waves" standing - the act of assuming or maintaining an erect upright position stroke - a single complete movement eurhythmics, eurhythmy, eurythmics, eurythmy - the interpretation in harmonious bodily movements of the rhythm of musical compositions; used to teach musical understanding |
| 2. | movement - 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" change - the action of changing something; "the change of government had no impact on the economy"; "his change on abortion cost him the election" coming, approach, approaching - the act of drawing spatially closer to something; "the hunter's approach scattered the geese" forward motion, onward motion, advancement, progress, progression, procession, advance - the act of moving forward (as toward a goal) locomotion, travel - self-propelled movement travel, traveling, travelling - the act of going from one place to another; "he enjoyed selling but he hated the travel" chase, pursual, pursuit, following - the act of pursuing in an effort to overtake or capture; "the culprit started to run and the cop took off in pursuit" descent - the act of changing your location in a downward direction return - the act of going back to a prior location; "they set out on their return to the base camp" glide, coast, slide - the act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it; "his slide didn't stop until the bottom of the hill"; "the children lined up for a coast down the snowy slope" slippage - failing to hold or slipping out of place; "the knots allowed no slippage" crawl - a very slow movement; "the traffic advanced at a crawl" displacement, translation - the act of uniform movement shifting, shift - the act of moving from one place to another; "his constant shifting disrupted the class" rush, rushing, haste, hurry - the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner; "in his haste to leave he forgot his book" maneuver, manoeuvre, play - a deliberate coordinated movement requiring dexterity and skill; "he made a great maneuver"; "the runner was out on a play by the shortstop" migration - the movement of persons from one country or locality to another | |
| 3. |  movement - a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of somethingcrustal movement, tectonic movement - movement resulting from or causing deformation of the earth's crust approaching, approach - the event of one object coming closer to another passing, passage - the motion of one object relative to another; "stellar passings can perturb the orbits of comets" deflexion, deflection - the movement of the pointer or pen of a measuring instrument from its zero position change of location, travel - a movement through space that changes the location of something undulation, wave - (physics) a movement up and down or back and forth jitter - a small irregular movement periodic motion, periodic movement - motion that recurs over and over and the period of time required for each recurrence remains the same heave - (geology) a horizontal dislocation seek - the movement of a read/write head to a specific data track on a disk cam stroke, stroke, throw - the maximum movement available to a pivoted or reciprocating piece by a cam undulation - wavelike motion; a gentle rising and falling in the manner of waves moving ridge, wave - one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water) wobble - an unsteady rocking motion whirl, commotion - confused movement; "he was caught up in a whirl of work"; "a commotion of people fought for the exits" Brownian motion, Brownian movement, pedesis - the random motion of small particles suspended in a gas or liquid | |
| 4. |  movement - 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"social group - people sharing some social relation Fighting French, Free French - a French movement during World War II that was organized in London by Charles de Gaulle to fight for the liberation of France from German control and for the restoration of the republic art movement, artistic movement - a group of artists who agree on general principles Boy Scouts - an international (but decentralized) movement started in 1908 in England with the goal of teaching good citizenship to boys Civil Rights movement - movement in the United States beginning in the 1960s and led primarily by Blacks in an effort to establish the civil rights of individual Black citizens common front - a movement in which several individuals or groups with different interests join together; "the unions presented a common front at the bargaining table" cultural movement - a group of people working together to advance certain cultural goals ecumenism, oecumenism - a movement promoting union between religions (especially between Christian churches) falun gong - a spiritual movement that began in China in the latter half of the 20th century and is based on Buddhist and Taoist teachings and practices political movement - a group of people working together to achieve a political goal reform movement - a movement intended to bring about social and humanitarian reforms religious movement - a movement intended to bring about religious reforms Zionist movement, Zionism - a movement of world Jewry that arose late in the 19th century with the aim of creating a Jewish state in Palestine | |
| 5. | movement - a major self-contained part of a symphony or sonata; "the second movement is slow and melodic" musical composition, opus, piece of music, composition, piece - a musical work that has been created; "the composition is written in four movements" intermezzo - a short movement coming between the major sections of a symphony sonata - a musical composition of 3 or 4 movements of contrasting forms scherzo - a fast movement (usually in triple time) | |
| 6. |  movement - 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"venture - any venturesome undertaking especially one with an uncertain outcome anti-war movement - a campaign against entering or continuing a war charm campaign - a campaign of flattery and friendliness (by a company, politician, etc.) to become more popular and gain support consumerism - a movement advocating greater protection of the interests of consumers campaigning, candidacy, candidature, electioneering, political campaign - the campaign of a candidate to be elected fund-raising campaign, fund-raising drive, fund-raising effort - a campaign to raise money for some cause feminist movement, women's lib, women's liberation movement, feminism - the movement aimed at equal rights for women gay lib, gay liberation movement - the movement aimed at liberating homosexuals from legal or social or economic oppression lost cause - a defeated cause or a cause for which defeat is inevitable reform - a campaign aimed to correct abuses or malpractices; "the reforms he proposed were too radical for the politicians" war - a concerted campaign to end something that is injurious; "the war on poverty"; "the war against crime" youth crusade, youth movement - political or religious or social reform movement or agitation consisting chiefly of young people | |
| 7. |  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"optical illusion - an optical phenomenon that results in a false or deceptive visual impression | |
| 8. | movement - a euphemism for defecation; "he had a bowel movement" euphemism - an inoffensive or indirect expression that is substituted for one that is considered offensive or too harsh | |
| 9. | 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" inclination, tendency, disposition - an attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others; "he had an inclination to give up too easily"; "a tendency to be too strict" evolutionary trend - a general direction of evolutionary change gravitation - a figurative movement toward some attraction; "the gravitation of the middle class to the suburbs" | |
| 10. | movement - the driving and regulating parts of a mechanism (as of a watch or clock); "it was an expensive watch with a diamond movement" action mechanism, action - the operating part that transmits power to a mechanism; "the piano had a very stiff action" clock - a timepiece that shows the time of day | |
| 11. | movement - the act of changing the location of something; "the movement of cargo onto the vessel" change - the action of changing something; "the change of government had no impact on the economy"; "his change on abortion cost him the election" deracination, displacement - to move something from its natural environment transfer, transferral, transportation, conveyance, transport - the act of moving something from one location to another letting down, lowering - the act of causing something to move to a lower level transplanting, transplantation, transplant - the act of removing something from one location and introducing it in another location; "the transplant did not flower until the second year"; "too frequent transplanting is not good for families"; "she returned to Alabama because she could not bear transplantation" troop movement - movement of military units to a new location |
movement
noun
1. group, party, organization, grouping, front, camp, faction a nationalist movement that's gaining strength
5. advance, progress, flow, progression the movement of the fish going up river
6. transfer, transportation, displacement the movement of people, goods and services across borders
8. development, change, shift, variation, fluctuation the meeting seems to have produced no movement on either side
9. progression, advance, progress, breakthrough the participants believed movement forward was possible
Translations
movement [ˈmuːvmənt]
n
(political) → mouvement m
(physical) → mouvement m
quick movements → mouvements rapides
to hear movement → entendre des bruits
He heard movement in the hut → Il entendit des bruits dans la cabane.
quick movements → mouvements rapides
to hear movement → entendre des bruits
He heard movement in the hut → Il entendit des bruits dans la cabane.
[goods, capital, people] → circulation f
(also bowel movement) → selles fpl
(= development) the movement towards sth → la progression vers qch
the movement towards democracy → la progression vers la démocratie
There was a movement towards a revival of conscription
BUT Il y a eu des tentatives pour rétablir le service militaire.
the movement towards democracy → la progression vers la démocratie
There was a movement towards a revival of conscription
BUT Il y a eu des tentatives pour rétablir le service militaire.
[symphony, concerto, sonata] → mouvement m movements
npl
[suspect, person under surveillance] → faits et gestes mpl
his movements on 1 July last year → ses faits et gestes le premier juillet de l'année dernière
to monitor sb's movements (person under surveillance) → surveiller les faits et gestes de qn
his movements on 1 July last year → ses faits et gestes le premier juillet de l'année dernière
to monitor sb's movements (person under surveillance) → surveiller les faits et gestes de qn
to monitor the movements of sb/sth [people, animals being studied] → suivre les déplacements de qn/qch
They monitor the movement of the fish going up river → Ils suivent les déplacements des poissons qui remontent la rivière.
They monitor the movement of the fish going up river → Ils suivent les déplacements des poissons qui remontent la rivière.
movement
n
(= motion) → Bewegung f; (of troops etc) → Truppenbewegung f; (fig) (= trend) → Trend m → (towards zu); (of events) → Entwicklung f; (of prices/rates) → Preis-/Kursbewegung f; a slight downward/upward movement → eine leichte Abwärts-/Aufwärtsbewegung; the movement of traffic → der Verkehrsfluss; movement (of the bowels) (Med) → Stuhlgang m; there was a movement toward(s) the door → alles drängte zur Tür; a marked movement to the right → ein merklicher or deutlicher Rechtsruck; the flowing movement of the piece (Mus) → der fließende Rhythmus des Stückes; the free movement of capital and goods → der freie Kapital- und Warenverkehr
(= political, artistic etc movement) → Bewegung f
(= transport: of goods etc) → Beförderung f
(Mus) → Satz m
movement [ˈmuːvmənt] n (gen) → movimento; (gesture) → gesto; (of stars, water, physical) → moto
movement (of the bowels) (Med) → evacuazione f (intestinale)
the police questioned him about his movements → la polizia lo ha interrogato circa i suoi spostamenti
movement [ˈmuːvmənt] n (gen) → movimento; (gesture) → gesto; (of stars, water, physical) → moto
movement (of the bowels) (Med) → evacuazione f (intestinale)
the police questioned him about his movements → la polizia lo ha interrogato circa i suoi spostamenti
movement (of the bowels) (Med) → evacuazione f (intestinale)
the police questioned him about his movements → la polizia lo ha interrogato circa i suoi spostamenti
movement [ˈmuːvmənt] n (gen) → movimento; (gesture) → gesto; (of stars, water, physical) → moto
movement (of the bowels) (Med) → evacuazione f (intestinale)
the police questioned him about his movements → la polizia lo ha interrogato circa i suoi spostamenti
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