movement (HyperDic hyper-dictionary) (English)

English 11 senses of the word *movement*:
NOUN	act	movement, motion, move, motility	a change of position that does not entail a change of location
act	movement, motion, move	the act of changing location from one place to another
event	movement, motion	a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something
group	movement, social movement, front	a group of people with a common ideology / ideology who try together to achieve certain general goals
communication	movement	a major self-contained part of a symphony or sonata
act	movement, campaign, cause, crusade, drive, effort	a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end
phenomenon	movement, apparent motion, motion, apparent movement	an optical illusion of motion / motion produced by viewing a rapid succession of still pictures of a moving object
process	movement, bowel movement, bm	a euphemism for defecation
cognition	movement, drift, trend	a general tendency to change (as of opinion)
artifact	movement	the driving and regulating parts of a mechanism (as of a watch or clock)
act	movement	the act of changing the location of something

movement pronunciation
Sounds	muw'vmahnt
Rhymes	abandonment ... wonderment: 671 rhymes with ahnt...

Englishmovement: 11 senses noun 1, act
Meaning	A change of position that does not entail a change of location.
Example	"movement is a sign of life"
Synonyms	motion, move, motility
Narrower	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
	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
Spanish	movimiento
Catalan	motilitat, moviment
Verbs	move	move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion

Englishmovement: 11 senses noun 2, act
Meaning	The act of changing location from one place to another.
Example	"the movement of people from the farms to the cities"
Synonyms	motion, move
Narrower	approach, approaching, coming	The act of drawing spatially closer to something
	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
Spanish	desplazamiento, movimiento, traslado
Catalan	desplaçament, moviment, trasllat
Verbs	move	cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense
	move	change residence, affiliation, or place of employment
	move	change location

Englishmovement: 11 senses noun 3, event
Meaning	A natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something.
Synonym	motion
Narrower	Brownian movement, Brownian motion, pedesis	The random motion of small particles suspended in a gas or liquid / liquid
	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
Spanish	movimiento
Catalan	moviment
Verbs	move	change location

Englishmovement: 11 senses noun 4, group
Meaning	A group of people with a common ideology / ideology who try together to achieve certain general goals.
Examples	"he was a charter member of the movement" "politicians have to respect a mass movement"
Synonyms	social movement, front
Narrower	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
	Free French, Fighting 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
	Zionism, Zionist movement	A movement of world Jewry that arose late in the 19th century with the aim of creating a Jewish state in Palestine
	artistic movement, art movement	A group of artists who agree on general principles / principles
	common front	A movement in which several individuals or groups with different interests join together
	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
Broader	social group	People sharing some social relation
Spanish	movimiento, movimiento social
Catalan	front, moviment

Englishmovement: 11 senses noun 5, communication
Meaning	A major self-contained part of a symphony or sonata.
Example	"the second movement is slow and melodic"
Part of	sonata	A musical composition of 3 or 4 movements of contrasting forms
Narrower	intermezzo	A short movement coming between the major sections of a symphony
Narrower	scherzo	A fast movement (usually in triple time)
Broader	musical composition, opus, composition, piece, piece of music	A musical work that has been created
Spanish	movimiento
Catalan	moviment

Englishmovement: 11 senses noun 6, act
Meaning	A series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end.
Example	"the movement to end slavery"
Synonyms	campaign, cause, crusade, drive, effort
Narrower	advertising campaign, ad campaign, ad blitz	An organized program of advertisements
	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
Spanish	campaña, causa, cometido, cruzada, empeño, misión, movimiento
Catalan	campanya, causa, moviment

Englishmovement: 11 senses noun 7, phenomenon
Meaning	An optical illusion of motion / motion produced by viewing a rapid succession of still pictures of a moving object.
Example	"the succession of flashing lights gave an illusion of movement"
Synonyms	apparent motion, motion, apparent movement
Broader	optical illusion	An optical phenomenon that results in a false / false or deceptive visual impression
Spanish	movimiento
Catalan	moviment

Englishmovement: 11 senses noun 8, process
Meaning	A euphemism for defecation.
Example	"he had a bowel movement"
Synonyms	bowel movement, bm
Broader	defecation, laxation, shitting	The elimination of fecal waste through the anus
Usage of	euphemism	An inoffensive or indirect expression that is substituted for one that is considered offensive or too harsh
Spanish	movimiento intestinal, movimiento

Englishmovement: 11 senses noun 9, cognition
Meaning	A general tendency to change (as of opinion).
Example	"a broad movement of the electorate to the right"
Synonyms	drift, trend
Narrower	evolutionary trend	A general direction of evolutionary change
Narrower	gravitation	A figurative movement toward some attraction
Broader	inclination, disposition, tendency	An attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others
Spanish	corriente, tendencia
Catalan	corrent

Englishmovement: 11 senses noun 10, artifact
Meaning	The driving and regulating parts of a mechanism (as of a watch or clock).
Example	"it was an expensive watch with a diamond movement"
Part of	clock	A timepiece that shows the time of day
Part of	watch, ticker	A small portable timepiece
Broader	action, action mechanism	The operating part that transmits power to a mechanism
Spanish	movimiento

Englishmovement: 11 senses noun 11, act
Meaning	The act of changing the location of something.
Example	"the movement of cargo onto the vessel"
Narrower	displacement, deracination	To move something from its natural environment
	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
Verbs	move	cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense

HyperDicEnglishMOVE ... movement

HyperDic English MOVE ... movement