English > movement: 11 senses > noun 1, act| Meaning | A change of position that does not entail a change of location. |
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| Example | "movement is a sign of life" |
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| Synonyms | motion, move, motility |
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| Narrower | abduction | (physiology) moving of a body part away from the central axis of the body |
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| adduction | (physiology) moving of a body part toward the central axis of the body |
| agitation | The act of agitating something |
| 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 |
| eurythmy, eurhythmy, eurythmics, eurhythmics | The interpretation in harmonious bodily movements of the rhythm of musical compositions |
| eye movement | The movement of the eyes |
| fetal movement, foetal movement | motion of a fetus within the uterus (usually detected by the 16th week of pregnancy) |
| flit, dart | A sudden quick movement |
| 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 |
| inclination, inclining | The act of inclining |
| inversion, upending | turning upside down |
| inversion, eversion, everting | The act of turning inside out |
| jerk, jerking, jolt, saccade | An abrupt spasmodic movement |
| kick, kicking | A rhythmic thrusting movement of the legs as in swimming or calisthenics |
| kneel, kneeling | supporting yourself on your knees |
| lurch, pitch, pitching | abrupt up-and-down motion (as caused by a ship or other conveyance) |
| opening | The act of opening something |
| prostration | The act of assuming a prostrate position |
| reach, reaching, stretch | The act of physically reaching or thrusting out |
| 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 |
| retroflection, retroflexion | The act of bending backward |
| rotation, rotary motion | The act of rotating as if on an axis |
| shutting, closing | The act of closing something |
| sitting | The act of assuming or maintaining a seated position |
| sitting, posing | (photography) the act of assuming a certain position (as for a photograph or portrait) |
| snap | The act of snapping the fingers |
| squat, squatting | The act of assuming or maintaining a crouching position with the knees bent and the buttocks near the heels |
| standing | The act of assuming or maintaining an erect upright position |
| straddle, span | The act of sitting or standing astride |
| stroke | A single complete movement |
| sweep | A movement in an arc |
| toss | An abrupt movement |
| vibration, quiver, quivering | The act of vibrating |
| wave | A movement like that of a sudden occurrence or increase in a specified phenomenon |
| waver, flutter, flicker | The act of moving back and forth |
| wiggle, wriggle, squirm | The act of wiggling |
| Broader | change | The action of changing something |
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| Spanish | movimiento |
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| Catalan | motilitat, moviment |
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| Verbs | move | move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion |
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English > movement: 11 senses > noun 2, act| Meaning | The act of changing location from one place to another. |
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| Example | "the movement of people from the farms to the cities" |
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| Synonyms | motion, move |
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| Narrower | approach, approaching, coming | The act of drawing spatially closer to something |
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| crawl | A very slow movement |
| descent | The act of changing your location in a downward direction |
| flow, stream | The act of flowing or streaming |
| haste, hurry, rush, rushing | The act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner |
| locomotion, travel | self-propelled movement |
| lurch, lunge | The act of moving forward suddenly |
| maneuver, manoeuvre, play | A deliberate coordinated movement requiring dexterity and skill |
| migration | The movement of persons from one country or locality to another |
| progress, progression, procession, advance, advancement, forward motion, onward motion | The act of moving forward (as toward a goal) |
| pursuit, chase, pursual, following | The act of pursuing in an effort to overtake or capture |
| return | The act of going back to a prior location |
| rise, ascent, ascension, ascending | The act of changing location in an upward direction |
| shift, shifting | The act of moving from one place to another |
| slide, glide, coast | The act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it |
| slippage | failing to hold or slipping out of place |
| speed, speeding, hurrying | changing location rapidly |
| swing, swinging, vacillation | changing location by moving back and forth |
| translation, displacement | The act of uniform movement |
| travel, traveling, travelling | The act of going from one place to another |
| Broader | change | The action of changing something |
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| Spanish | desplazamiento, movimiento, traslado |
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| Catalan | desplaçament, moviment, trasllat |
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| Verbs | move | cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense |
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| move | change residence, affiliation, or place of employment |
| move | change location |
English > movement: 11 senses > noun 3, event| Meaning | A natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something. |
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| Synonym | motion |
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| Narrower | Brownian movement, Brownian motion, pedesis | The random motion of small particles suspended in a gas or liquid / liquid |
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| approach, approaching | The event of one object coming closer to another |
| bending, bend | movement that causes the formation of a curve |
| change of location, travel | A movement through space that changes the location of something |
| crustal movement, tectonic movement | movement resulting from or causing deformation of the earth's crust |
| deflection, deflexion | The movement of the pointer or pen of a measuring instrument from its zero position |
| heave | (geology) a horizontal dislocation |
| jitter | A small irregular movement |
| passing, passage | The motion / motion of one object relative to another |
| periodic motion, periodic movement | motion that recurs over and over and the period of time required for each recurrence remains the same |
| recoil, repercussion, rebound, backlash | A movement back from an impact |
| recoil, kick | The backward jerk of a gun / gun when it is fired |
| seek | The movement of a read/write head to a specific data track on a disk |
| squeeze, wring | A twisting squeeze |
| throw, stroke, cam stroke | The maximum movement available to a pivoted or reciprocating piece by a cam |
| turning, turn | A movement in a new direction |
| twist, wrench | A jerky pulling movement |
| undulation | wavelike motion |
| wave, undulation | (physics) a movement up and down or back and forth |
| wave, moving ridge | One of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid / liquid (especially across a large body of water) |
| whirl, commotion | confused / confused movement |
| wobble | An unsteady rocking motion / motion |
| Broader | happening, occurrence, occurrent, natural event | An event that happens |
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| Spanish | movimiento |
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| Catalan | moviment |
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| Verbs | move | change location |
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English > movement: 11 senses > noun 6, act| Meaning | A series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end. |
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| Example | "the movement to end slavery" |
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| Synonyms | campaign, cause, crusade, drive, effort |
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| Narrower | advertising campaign, ad campaign, ad blitz | An organized program of advertisements |
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| anti-war movement | A campaign against entering or continuing a war |
| campaigning, candidacy, candidature, electioneering, political campaign | The campaign of a candidate to be elected |
| 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 |
| feminist movement, feminism, women's liberation movement, women's lib | The movement aimed at equal rights for women |
| fund-raising campaign, fund-raising drive, fund-raising effort | A campaign to raise money for some cause |
| gay liberation movement, gay lib | 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 |
| war | A concerted campaign to end something that is injurious |
| youth movement, youth crusade | Political or religious or social reform movement or agitation consisting chiefly of young people |
| Broader | venture | Any venturesome undertaking especially one with an uncertain outcome |
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| Spanish | campaña, causa, cometido, cruzada, empeño, misión, movimiento |
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| Catalan | campanya, causa, moviment |
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English > movement: 11 senses > noun 11, act| Meaning | The act of changing the location of something. |
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| Example | "the movement of cargo onto the vessel" |
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| Narrower | displacement, deracination | To move something from its natural environment |
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| insertion, introduction, intromission | The act of putting one thing into another |
| lowering, letting down | The act of causing something to move to a lower level |
| transplant, transplantation, transplanting | The act of removing something from one location and introducing it in another location |
| transportation, transport, transfer, transferral, conveyance | The act of moving something from one location to another |
| troop movement | movement of military units to a new location |
| Broader | change | The action of changing something |
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| Verbs | move | cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense |
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