Movement
['muːvm(ə)nt] or ['muvmənt]
Definition
(noun.) the act of changing the location of something; 'the movement of cargo onto the vessel'.
(noun.) the driving and regulating parts of a mechanism (as of a watch or clock); 'it was an expensive watch with a diamond movement'.
(noun.) a major self-contained part of a symphony or sonata; 'the second movement is slow and melodic'.
(noun.) a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something.
(noun.) a group of people with a common ideology who try together to achieve certain general goals; '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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Definition
(n.) The act of moving; change of place or posture; transference, by any means, from one situation to another; natural or appropriate motion; progress; advancement; as, the movement of an army in marching or maneuvering; the movement of a wheel or a machine; the party of movement.
(n.) Motion of the mind or feelings; emotion.
(n.) Manner or style of moving; as, a slow, or quick, or sudden, movement.
(n.) The rhythmical progression, pace, and tempo of a piece.
(n.) One of the several strains or pieces, each complete in itself, with its own time and rhythm, which make up a larger work; as, the several movements of a suite or a symphony.
(n.) A system of mechanism for transmitting motion of a definite character, or for transforming motion; as, the wheelwork of a watch.
Checker: Nathan
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Motion, move, change of place.[2]. (Mus.) Strain.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Motion, move, change_of_place
ANT:Stop, rest, pause, stillness, quietness
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Examples
- It takes little movement. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- We fought in Segovia at the start of the movement but we were beaten and we ran. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- She sat silent, without a movement or a tremor of her lashes. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- He drifted on swiftly to Beldover, half-unconscious of his own movement. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- I accordingly assembled my troop, and proposed to them this retrograde movement, instead of the continuation of our journey to Auxerre. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- But may not the areas of preponderant movement have changed in the lapse of ages? Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- In either case the distance through which the prongs move is very small and the period is very short, so that the eye can seldom detect the movement itself. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- In following the final assembly line from the point where the chain conveyor engages the frame and axles, the visitor is impressed with the dispatch with which every movement is executed. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Here Johnston made a stand until the 17th, when Sherman's old tactics prevailed again and the final movement toward Atlanta began. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Moore, chary of words, replied by a negative movement and murmur. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The chief writer of this Pan-Hellenic movement was Isocrates. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- This labor movement has a destructive and constructive energy within it. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Suitable directions will at once be given for all trains and surplus artillery to conform to this movement. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Dorothea was hurt by this movement following up the previous anger of his tone. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- The movement of troops from the Army of the James will commence on the night of the 27th instant. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- They possess significance only as movements toward something away from what is now going on. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- The movements of the enemy may justify, or even make it your imperative duty, to cut loose from your base, and strike for the interior to aid Sherman. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Stone in the bladder may be discovered, and the condition and movements of the heart and lungs ascertained. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The fraction drum of the indicator could be driven in either direction, known as the advance and retrograde movements, and was divided and marked in eighths. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- His fair neighbour, judging from her movements, appeared in a mood the most unquiet and unaccommodating. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- What was I doing, and what was the object of my present movements? Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- It is not surprising that so many political inventions have been made within these movements, fostered by them, and brought to a general public notice through their efforts. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- GENERAL:--Sherman's movements will depend on the amount of opposition he meets with from the enemy. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- In falling from different heights toward this commo n focus the particles cannot have such perfect equality of resistance that no la teral movements should be set up. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- The diving case is not absolutely water-tight, nor is it desired that it should be so, as the slight leakage acts as a lubricant to the joints, and aids in their movements. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Great movements of the racial soul come at first like a thief in the night, and then suddenly are discovered to be powerful and world-wide. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The movements of the enemy's cavalry may, of course, modify your action. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Your movements, therefore, will be independent of mine; at least until the fall of Richmond takes place. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- This unusual movement attracted the attention of the young man, and as he continued to watch its deliberate movements, he did more than watch. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- If you are an expert, your formed habits take care of the physical movements and leave your thoughts free to consider your topic. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
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