Movement

Word MOVEMENT
Character 8
Hyphenation move ment
Pronunciations /ˈmuːv.mənt/

Definitions and meanings of "Movement"

What do we mean by movement?

The act or an instance of moving; a change in place or position. noun

A particular manner of moving. noun

A change in the location of troops, ships, or aircraft for tactical or strategic purposes. noun

A series of actions and events taking place over a period of time and working to foster a principle or policy. noun

An organized effort by supporters of a common goal. noun

A tendency or trend. noun

A change in the market price of a security or commodity. noun

An evacuation of the bowels. noun

The matter so evacuated. noun

The suggestion or illusion of motion in a painting, sculpture, or design. noun

The progression of events in the development of a literary plot. noun

The rhythmical or metrical structure of a poetic composition. noun

A self-contained section of an extended composition. noun

In generative grammar, a transformation in which a constituent in one part of a syntactic structure is copied or displaced into a different location, creating a new structure. noun

A mechanism, such as the works of a watch, that produces or transmits motion. noun

The act or condition of moving, in any sense of that word. noun

A particular act or motion; figuratively, a quality or effect as of motion. noun

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.

An act of emptying the bowels.

Motion of the mind or feelings; emotion.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Movement

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The word "movement" in example sentences

The process then consists in extracting from all the movements peculiar to all the figures an impersonal movement abstract and simple, _movement in general_, so to speak: we put this into the apparatus, and we reconstitute the individuality of each particular movement by combining this nameless movement with the personal attitudes. ❋ Henri Bergson (1900)

Now it is this complete awareness, this brimfull interest in our own dynamic changes, in our various and variously combined facts of movement inasmuch as _energy_ and _intention, _ it is this sense of the _values of movement_ which ❋ Vernon Lee (1895)

The adage "buy cheap and sell dear," or its practical equivalent -- so scary and imitative are investors -- _Buy during the last of a selling movement and sell during the last of a buying movement_, resolves itself, we venture to repeat, into: _Buy when the decline caused by a panic has produced such liquidation that discounts and loans, after steady and long-continued diminution, either become stationary for a period or else increase progressively coincident with a steady increase in available funds; and sell for converse reasons_. ❋ Cl��ment Juglar (N/A)

The wave, as has been described, is a concrete with an upward and a downward movement united; but its last constituent is that which most affects the ear and leaves upon it the stronger impression, and hence, especially if it be given with a wide interval, _its dominant characteristic will be that of the second movement_; for example, if the second movement be upward, the wave may express interrogation mingled with surprise or scorn; if the second movement be downward, the wave may express astonishment mingled with indignation. ❋ Ontario. Ministry Of Education (N/A)

Visit www.theleaderwhohadnotitle.com and join the Lead Without a Title movement today ❋ Robin Sharma (2010)

But in many ways, his role in the movement is as provocateur. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The teabagger/birther movement is a movement of white evangelicals, in which all the social concerns and issues of white evangelicals are publicly and proudly displayed. ❋ Unknown (2010)

At the heart of the movement is a fierce allegiance to the U.S. ❋ Unknown (2010)

HAGERTY: In an interview, Kremer explains that the movement is a big tent, including not just religious people but atheists and libertarians. ❋ Unknown (2010)

She searches for it in movement, which is elusive by definition. ❋ Unknown (2010)

We may want to pretend that the militia movement is anything but a bunch of paranoid delusional xenophobes who are periodically whipped into a frenzy by a wealthy elite who are only conservative in the sense that they want to conserve their own power. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Eduard Limonov, a veteran opposition leader who first proposed the 31st demonstrations, said Mr. Surkov's comment to a Russian news website indicated that it has always been the Kremlin, not City Hall, that decides what the movement is allowed to do. ❋ Richard Boudreaux (2010)

Again, this movement is all about christianism and race. ❋ Unknown (2010)

I think this movement is a bunch of retired, weathy, WHITE government supported people who are afraid that someone younger might cash in on their benefits. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Indeed a movement is afoot in Canada, France, the Netherlands, the U.K. and other markets to encourage institutional investors to become better stewards of the companies they invest in by adopting a more active and long-term stance. ❋ Simon C. Y. Wong (2010)

This movement is a sort of walking masturbation for these clowns. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Next weekend, we're going to do our best to show what this movement is all about and give our colleagues on the left a strong, tangible example of the type of campaigning that we can be investing in over the coming years. ❋ Jamie Henn (2010)

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