Dictionary

movement en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /ˈmuːv.mənt/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *m(y)owh₁éyeti Proto-Italic *moweō Latin movēre Old French movoir Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -ment Old French movementbor. Middle English mevement English movement From Middle English mevement, from Old French movement (modern French mouvement), from movoir + -ment; cf. also Medieval Latin movimentum, from Latin movere (“move”). Doublet of moment and momentum. In this sense, displaced native Old English styring, which led to Modern English stirring. Morphologically move + -ment.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) Physical motion between points in space.
   • I saw a movement in that grass on the hill.
2. (countable, uncountable) A system or mechanism for transmitting motion of a definite character, or for transforming motion, such as the wheelwork of a watch.
3. (countable, uncountable) The impression of motion in an artwork, painting, novel etc.
4. (countable, uncountable) A trend in various fields or social categories, a group of people with a common ideology who try together to achieve certain general goals.
   • During the latter part of Taiwan's authoritarian period, social protest movements arose that complemented the periodic efforts of the political opposition- the dangwai-to open the political system. One of the most prominent movements occurred in the town of Lukang in Changhua County in 1986. 2021, Richard C. Bush, Difficult Choices: Taiwan's Quest for Security and the Good Life, Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 274:
   • social movement
   • The labor movement has been struggling in America since the passage of the Taft-Hartley act in 1947.
5. (countable, uncountable) A large division of a larger composition.
   • Beethoven's movements
6. (countable, uncountable) Melodic progression, accentual character, tempo or pace.
7. (countable, uncountable) An instance of an aircraft taking off or landing.
   • Albuquerque International Sunport serviced over 200,000 movements last year.
8. (countable, uncountable) The deviation of a pitch from ballistic flight.
   • The movement on his cutter was devastating.
9. (countable, uncountable) A pattern in which pairs change opponents and boards move from table to table in duplicate bridge.
10. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable) Ellipsis of bowel movement (“an act of emptying the bowels”).
    alt of bowel movement
    • when after a movement feces are streaked with blood and the patient suffers from sphincter algia, a fissure should be suspected, 1923, Samuel Goodwin Gant, Diseases of the Rectum, Anus, and Colon, Including the Ileocolic Angle, page 47:
11. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) Motion of the mind or feelings; emotion.

Forms

Antonyms

stasis

Deriveds

wh-movement · antimovement · cultural movement · comovement · voluntary movement · movement control order · ecumenical movement · human potential movement · Jesus movement · aftermovement · march-movement · criminal religious movement · A-movement · Brownian movement · head movement · premovement · midmovement · A′-movement · temperance movement · streaming movement · choreiform movement · rapid eye movement · eye movement desensitization and reprocessing · countermovement · civil rights movement · multimovement · holomovement · involuntary movement · ecomovement · movement disorder · social movement · perimovement · art movement · photomovement · of its proper movement · beta movement · Oxford movement · youth movement · literary movement · human movement · aircraft movement · postmovement · bowel movement · camera movement · new religious movement · Howell movement · free school movement · pincer movement · submovement · nonmovement · holiness movement · freedom of movement · micromovement · Mitchell movement · Protestant Movement

Relateds

symphony · The Movement · vector · velocity · speed

Synonyms

motion

Translations (238)

ka მოძრაობა (trend in various fields or social categories) · pdt Bewäajunk (physical motion) · sv sats (music: division of a larger musical composition) · gd gluasad (impression of motion) · nn flytting (physical motion) · cmn 運動 /运动 (trend in various fields or social categories) · is hreyfing (physical motion) · ckb بزووتنەوە (physical motion) · sw harakati (trend in various fields or social categories) · ms pergerakan (physical motion) · kmr livîn (physical motion) · sl premikanje (physical motion) · ka მოძრაობა (physical motion) · et liikumine (physical motion) · it movimento (physical motion) · ca moviment (trend in various fields or social categories) · grc κίνησις (physical motion) · ba хәрәкәт (trend in various fields or social categories) · nb bevegelse (trend in various fields or social categories) · kk қимыл (physical motion) · ps حرکت (physical motion) · ko 운동 (physical motion) · sh gíbānje (physical motion) · sl premik (physical motion) · sh по̏кре̄т (trend in various fields or social categories) · nb bevegelse (physical motion) · ko 운동 (trend in various fields or social categories) · ro mișcare (physical motion) · sh stȁvak (music: division of a larger musical composition) · lo ການເຄື່ອນໄຫວ (physical motion) · km ចលនា (physical motion) · yi ריכטונג (trend in various fields or social categories) · hi आंदोलन (trend in various fields or social categories) · vi cử động (physical motion) · es movimiento (physical motion) · sa गति (physical motion) · yi באַוועגונג (trend in various fields or social categories) · az hərəkət (physical motion) · ro mișcare (music: division of a larger musical composition) · wuu 運動 /运动 (physical motion) · it movimento (trend in various fields or social categories) · sw peleka (physical motion) · fa-ira جُنْبِش (physical motion) · hi आंदोलन (physical motion) · br luskad (physical motion) · oc movement (trend in various fields or social categories) · lv kustība (physical motion) · lv kustība (trend in various fields or social categories) · es movimiento (trend in various fields or social categories) · ur جُن٘بِش (physical motion) · bg движе́ние (physical motion) · el κίνηση (physical motion) · pt movimento (physical motion) · ml പ്രസ്ഥാനം (trend in various fields or social categories) · fr mouvement (music: division of a larger musical composition) · la mōtus (physical motion) · crh areket (physical motion) · sc movimentu (physical motion) · fr mouvement (physical motion) · oc movement (physical motion) · he תְּנוּעָה (physical motion) · uz harakat (physical motion) · hu tétel (music: division of a larger musical composition) · sc moghimentu (physical motion) · ckb حەرەکەت (physical motion) · de Satz (music: division of a larger musical composition) · sco muvement (trend in various fields or social categories) · nb sats (music: division of a larger musical composition) · sk pohyb (physical motion) · fo satsur (music: division of a larger musical composition) · ro mișcare (trend in various fields or social categories) · ca moviment (physical motion) · izh liikkumiin (physical motion) · hy շարժ (physical motion) · sc muimentu (physical motion) · ba хәрәкәт (physical motion) · mi rangatohe (trend in various fields or social categories) · zza luyayış (physical motion) · sq lëvizje (physical motion) · ru движе́ние (physical motion) · cs hnutí (physical motion) · ml ചലനം (physical motion) · ar حَرَكَة (physical motion) · sv öppning (an act of emptying the bowels) · he נִיד (physical motion) · bn গতি (physical motion) · ja 運動 (trend in various fields or social categories) · he תְּנוּעָה (trend in various fields or social categories) · th การเคลื่อนไหว (trend in various fields or social categories) · ang styring (physical motion) · pl ruch (trend in various fields or social categories) · hy շարժում (trend in various fields or social categories) · ky аракет (physical motion) · eo movo (physical motion) · ota حركت (physical motion) · kk қозғалыс (physical motion) · wa mouvmint (physical motion) · sl gibanje (trend in various fields or social categories) · eu mugimendu (physical motion) · nan-hbl 運動 /运动 (physical motion) · nb flytting (physical motion) · cs pohyb (physical motion) · uk рух (physical motion) · he תְּזוּזָה (physical motion) · eo moviĝo (physical motion) · mi keuenga (physical motion) · bg движе́ние (trend in various fields or social categories) · fa-ira رَوِش (physical motion) · ht mouvman (physical motion) · nl deel (music: division of a larger musical composition) · scn muvimentu (physical motion) · hy շարժում (physical motion) · sh pȍkrēt (trend in various fields or social categories) · hi हरकत (physical motion) · nn sats (music: division of a larger musical composition) · mn хөдөлгөөн (physical motion) · ja 運動 (physical motion) · es movimiento (music: division of a larger musical composition) · ja 動き (physical motion) · de Bewegung (trend in various fields or social categories) · rm muvimaint (physical motion) · sv rörelse (trend in various fields or social categories) · rm moviment (physical motion) · hi गति (physical motion) · hu mozgás (physical motion) · tg наҳзат (physical motion) · pt movimento (trend in various fields or social categories) · ar حَرَكَة (trend in various fields or social categories) · uk пересува́ння (physical motion) · sh ста̏вак (music: division of a larger musical composition) · ta இயக்கம் (trend in various fields or social categories) · gl movemento (physical motion) · eo movado (trend in various fields or social categories) · da bevægelse (physical motion) · jv obahan (physical motion) · sv rörelse (physical motion) · scn muvumentu (physical motion) · jv obahan (trend in various fields or social categories) · nl verroering (physical motion) · fr mouvement (trend in various fields or social categories) · vi phong trào (trend in various fields or social categories) · uk рух (trend in various fields or social categories) · fi liikahdus (physical motion) · ja 楽章 (music: division of a larger musical composition) · pt andamento (music: division of a larger musical composition) · ast movimientu (physical motion) · ht mouvman (trend in various fields or social categories) · fa-ira حَرَکَت (physical motion) · sh ги́ба̄ње (physical motion) · he מָנוֹד (physical motion) · fa-ira نَهْضَت (physical motion) · el μέρος (music: division of a larger musical composition) · cs hnutí (trend in various fields or social categories) · nl beweging (physical motion) · sl gibanje (physical motion) · gd gluasad (trend in various fields or social categories) · mk движење (physical motion) · hu mozgalom (trend in various fields or social categories) · az hərəkat (trend in various fields or social categories) · ky кыймыл (physical motion) · cmn 樂章 /乐章 (music: division of a larger musical composition) · mi koringa (physical motion) · my အသွားအလာ (physical motion) · be рух (physical motion) · ml അനക്കം (physical motion) · gd gluasad (physical motion) · pl ruch (physical motion) · ta அசைவு (physical motion) · gcf mouvman (trend in various fields or social categories) · lt judėjimas (physical motion) · fi kulku (physical motion) · lt sąjūdis (trend in various fields or social categories) · ko 움직임 (physical motion) · uk перемі́щення (physical motion) · it movimento (music: division of a larger musical composition) · scn movimentu (physical motion) · da bevægelse (trend in various fields or social categories) · cmn 運動 /运动 (physical motion) · gcf mouvman (music: division of a larger musical composition) · es muebda (diused) (physical motion) · mi korikoringa (physical motion) · ur حَرَکَت (physical motion) · ckb جوولانەوە (physical motion) · fi liike (physical motion) · el κίνημα (trend in various fields or social categories) · tt хәрәкәт (physical motion) · sv defekation (an act of emptying the bowels) · ug ھەرىكەت (physical motion) · nah ollin (physical motion) · ru движе́ние (trend in various fields or social categories) · rm movimaint (physical motion) · nn bevegelse (physical motion) · cdo 運動 /运动 (physical motion) · id pergerakan (physical motion) · sk hnutie (physical motion) · gl movemento (trend in various fields or social categories) · yue 運動 /运动 (physical motion) · nl uurwerk (horology: device that cuts time in equal portions) · ru часть (music: division of a larger musical composition) · sk hnutie (trend in various fields or social categories) · ta நகர்வு (physical motion) · gcf mouvman (physical motion) · nl beweging (trend in various fields or social categories) · mr हालचाल (physical motion) · tg ҳаракат (physical motion) · fi liike (trend in various fields or social categories) · yi באַוועגונג (physical motion) · zza hereket (physical motion) · tr hareket (physical motion) · es movición (physical motion) · kn ಚಳುವಳಿ (trend in various fields or social categories) · sh krétānje (physical motion) · nn bevegelse (trend in various fields or social categories) · th ความเคลื่อนไหว (physical motion) · nl beweging (impression of motion) · cs věta (music: division of a larger musical composition) · de Bewegung (physical motion) · fi osa (music: division of a larger musical composition) · zza hereket (trend in various fields or social categories) · ur تَحْرِیک (physical motion) · fur moviment (physical motion) · km ដំណើរ (physical motion) · sh кре́та̄ње (physical motion) · mr चळवळ (trend in various fields or social categories) · sco muvement (physical motion) · sc moimentu (physical motion) · pt movimento (music: division of a larger musical composition) · tg ҷунбиш (physical motion) · alt кыймык (physical motion) · ko 악장 (music: division of a larger musical composition) · he מהלך (physical motion) · tk hereket (physical motion) · mi tūārere (music: division of a larger musical composition) · sl stavek (music: division of a larger musical composition) · ga corraí (physical motion) · id gerakan (physical motion) · da sats (music: division of a larger musical composition) · la mōtus (trend in various fields or social categories)

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