movement
Syllables: move·ment/ˈmuːv.mənt/
movement noun: physical motion between points in space. Also the ellipsis of bowel movement.
Noun
movement (countable and uncountable, plural movements)
- Physical motion between points in space.
- I saw a movement in that grass on the hill.
- A system or mechanism for transmitting motion of a definite character, or for transforming motion, such as the wheelwork of a watch.
- The impression of motion in an artwork, painting, novel etc.
- A trend in various fields or social categories, a group of people with a common ideology who try together to achieve certain general goals.
- social movement
- The labor movement has been struggling in America since the passage of the Taft-Hartley act in 1947.
- A large division of a larger composition.
- Beethoven's movements
- Melodic progression, accentual character, tempo or pace.
- An instance of an aircraft taking off or landing.
- Albuquerque International Sunport serviced over 200,000 movements last year.
- The deviation of a pitch from ballistic flight.
- The movement on his cutter was devastating.
- A pattern in which pairs change opponents and boards move from table to table in duplicate bridge.
- Motion of the mind or feelings; emotion.
Also used as
movement is also the ellipsis of bowel movement.
movement meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
movement in Hindi
- physical motion
- हरकत harkat, गति gati, आंदोलन āndolan
- trend in various fields or social categories
- आंदोलन āndolan
movement in Tamil
- physical motion
- நகர்வு nakarvu, அசைவு acaivu
- trend in various fields or social categories
- இயக்கம் iyakkam
movement in Marathi
- physical motion
- हालचाल hālċāl
- trend in various fields or social categories
- चळवळ ċaḷvaḷ
movement in Urdu
- physical motion
- حَرَکَت harakat, جُن٘بِش jumbiś, تَحْرِیک tahrīk
More languagesFewer languages
- movement in Bengali
- গতি gotoi
- movement in Malayalam
- അനക്കം anakkaṁ, ചലനം calanaṁ, പ്രസ്ഥാനം prasthānaṁ
- movement in Kannada
- ಚಳುವಳಿ caḷuvaḷi
- movement in Sanskrit
- गति gati
- movement in Pashto
- حرکت harakát
- movement in Arabic
- حَرَكَة ḥaraka
- movement in Malay
- pergerakan
- movement in Indonesian
- gerakan, pergerakan
- movement in Thai
- ความเคลื่อนไหว kwaam-klʉ̂ʉan-wǎi, การเคลื่อนไหว gaan-klʉ̂ʉan-wǎi
- movement in Vietnamese
- cử động, phong trào
- movement in Myanmar
- အသွားအလာ a.swa:a.la
Examples of movement in a sentence
- Picasso was one of the leading lights of the cubist movement.
- The man turned and made a sharp movement towards the door.
- Cold temperatures, heavy rain, falling rocks, strong winds and glacier movement can damage the equipment.
Synonyms of movement
Antonyms
Forms of movement
| plural | movements |
|---|---|
| alternative abbreviation | mov. |
| alternative abbreviation | movt |
| alternative abbreviation | mvmt |
| alternative abbreviation | mvt |
Origin of 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.
Words formed from movement
- aftermovement
- aircraft movement
- A-movement
- antimovement
- art movement
- A′-movement
- beta movement
- bowel movement
- Brownian movement
- camera movement
- choreiform movement
- civil rights movement
- comovement
- countermovement
- criminal religious movement
- cultural movement
- ecomovement
- ecumenical movement
- eye movement desensitization and reprocessing
- freedom of movement
- free school movement
- head movement
- holiness movement
- holomovement
- Howell movement
- human movement
- human potential movement
- involuntary movement
- Jesus movement
- literary movement
- march-movement
- micromovement
- midmovement
- Mitchell movement
- movement control order
- movement disorder
- multimovement
- new religious movement
- nonmovement
- of its proper movement
- Oxford movement
- perimovement
- photomovement
- pincer movement
- postmovement
- premovement
- Protestant Movement
- rapid eye movement
- social movement
- streaming movement
- submovement
- temperance movement
- voluntary movement
- wh-movement
- youth movement
Phrases with movement
Questions about movement
- What does movement mean?
- Movement means physical motion between points in space.
- What is movement in Hindi?
- Movement in Hindi is हरकत (harkat), गति (gati), आंदोलन (āndolan). See Movement meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is movement?
- Movement is a noun.
- How do you pronounce movement?
- Movement is pronounced /ˈmuːv.mənt/.
- What is the plural of movement?
- The plural of movement is movements.
Words near movement in the dictionary
Source and license
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