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2. | ![]() Synonyms: motion | |
3. | movement - the act of changing location from one place to another; "police controlled the motion of the crowd"; "the movement of people from the farms to the cities"; "his move put him directly in my path" | |
4. | movement - 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" Synonyms: social movement, front | |
5. | movement - a major self-contained part of a symphony or sonata; "the second movement is slow and melodic" | |
6. | movement - a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end; "he supported populist campaigns"; "they worked in the cause of world peace"; "the team was ready for a drive toward the pennant"; "the movement to end slavery"; "contributed to the war effort" | |
7. | movement - an optical illusion of motion produced by viewing a rapid succession of still pictures of a moving object; "the cinema relies on apparent motion"; "the succession of flashing lights gave an illusion of movement" | |
8. | movement - a euphemism for defecation; "he had a bowel movement" Synonyms: bowel movement, bm | |
9. | movement - a general tendency to change (as of opinion); "not openly liberal but that is the trend of the book"; "a broad movement of the electorate to the right" | |
10. | movement - the driving and regulating parts of a mechanism (as of a watch or clock); "it was an expensive watch with a diamond movement" | |
11. | movement - the act of changing the location of something; "the movement of cargo onto the vessel" |