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| 1. | [ noun ] a change of position that does not entail a change of location | |
| Synonyms: | move motion motility | |
| Examples: | "the reflex motion of his eyebrows revealed his surprise" "movement is a sign of life" "an impatient move of his hand" "gastrointestinal motility" |
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| Related terms: | change gesture wave rotation reach shutting lurch sitting disturbance squat sitting opening jerk waver twist vibration reclining straddle standing wiggle dart prostration headshake reciprocation toss inclination inversion body_English agitation abduction inversion circumduction sweep stroke kneel fetal_movement kick nystagmus retraction snap adduction eurhythmics eurhythmics retroflection move | |
| 2. | [ noun ] the act of changing your location from one place to another | |
| Synonyms: | move motion | |
| Examples: | "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" |
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| Related terms: | change approach haste travel progress maneuver pursuit flow speed rise migration return shift translation crawl descent swing slide lurch slippage adduction abduction locomotion travel move move | |
| 3. | [ noun ] a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something | |
| Synonyms: | motion | |
| Related terms: | happening wave wave throw bending change_of_location whirl turning twist heave harmonic_motion crustal_movement recoil recoil deflection seek wobble squeeze passing periodic_motion undulation Brownian_movement approach travel | |
| 4. | [ noun ] a group of people with a common ideology who try together to achieve certain general goals | |
| Synonyms: | front social_movement | |
| Examples: | "he was a charter member of the movement" "politicians have to respect a mass movement" "he led the national liberation front" |
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| Related terms: | social_group reform_movement boy_scouts political_movement cultural_movement falun_gong religious_movement civil_rights_movement zionism fighting_french common_front artistic_movement | |
| 5. | [ noun ] a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end | |
| Synonyms: | cause campaign drive crusade effort | |
| Examples: | "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" |
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| Related terms: | venture campaigning advertising_campaign war reform fund-raising_campaign gay_liberation_movement anti-war_movement consumerism ecumenical_movement feminist_movement lost_cause youth_movement force repel drive crusade | |
| 6. | [ noun ] (music,fine art) a major self-contained part of a symphony or sonata | |
| Examples: | "the second movement is slow and melodic" |
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| Related terms: | musical_composition scherzo largo intermezzo sonata | |
| 7. | [ noun ] (physics,film) an optical illusion of motion produced by viewing a rapid succession of still pictures of a moving object | |
| Synonyms: | motion apparent_movement apparent_motion | |
| Examples: | "the cinema relies on apparent motion" "the succession of flashing lights gave an illusion of movement" |
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| Related terms: | optical_illusion | |
| 8. | [ noun ] (biology) a euphemism for defecation | |
| Synonyms: | bm bowel_movement | |
| Examples: | "he had a bowel movement" |
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| Related terms: | defecation | |
| 9. | [ noun ] the driving and regulating parts of a mechanism (as of a watch or clock) | |
| Examples: | "it was an expensive watch with a diamond movement" |
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| Related terms: | action clock watch | |
| 10. | [ noun ] a general tendency to change (as of opinion) | |
| Synonyms: | trend drift | |
| Examples: | "not openly liberal but that is the trend of the book" "a broad movement of the electorate to the right" |
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| Related terms: | inclination evolutionary_trend gravitation drive | |
| 11. | [ noun ] the act of changing the location of something | |
| Examples: | "the movement of cargo onto the vessel" |
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| Related terms: | change transportation lowering transplant insertion troop_movement deracination move | |
