Movement (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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noun
  1. the act, process, or result of moving.
  2. a particular manner or style of moving.
  3. actions or activities, as of a person or a body of persons.
  4. a change of position or location of troops or ships.
  5. abundance of events or incidents.
  6. rapid progress of events.
  7. the progress of events, as in a narrative or drama.
  8. the suggestion of motion in a work of art, either by represented gesture in figurative painting or sculpture or by the relationship of structural elements in a design or composition.
  9. a progressive development of ideas toward a particular conclusion: the movement of his thought.
  10. a series of actions or activities intended or tending toward a particular end: the movement toward universal suffrage.
  11. the course, tendency, or trend of affairs in a particular field.
  12. a diffusely organized or heterogeneous group of people or organizations tending toward or favoring a generalized common goal: the antislavery movement; the realistic movement in art.
  13. the price change in the market of some commodity or security: an upward movement in the price of butter.
  14. bowel movement.
  15. the working parts or a distinct portion of the working parts of a mechanism, as of a watch.
  16. Music.
    • a principal division or section of a sonata, symphony, or the like.
    • motion; rhythm; time; tempo.
  17. rhythmical structure or character.
noun
    • the act, process, or result of moving
    • an instance of moving
  2. the manner of moving
    • a group of people with a common ideology, esp a political or religious one
    • the organized action of such a group
  4. a trend or tendency in a particular sphere
  5. the driving and regulating mechanism of a watch or clock
  6. a person's location and activities during a specific time
    • the evacuation of the bowels
    • the matter evacuated
  8. a principal self-contained section of a symphony, sonata, etc, usually having its own structure
  9. tempo or pace, as in music or literature
  10. the appearance of motion in painting, sculpture, etc
  11. the rhythmic structure of verse
  12. a positional change by one or a number of military units
  13. a change in the market price of a security or commodity
Movement (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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