movement

Noun

• the act of changing the location of something
  • the movement of cargo onto the vessel
    

• the driving and regulating parts of a mechanism (as of a watch or clock)
  • it was an expensive watch with a diamond 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
    

• a euphemism for defecation
  • he had a bowel 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
    

• 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
    

• a major self-contained part of a symphony or sonata
  • the second movement is slow and melodic
    

• 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
    

• a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something

• 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
    

• a change of position that does not entail a change of location
  • the reflex motion of his eyebrows revealed his surprise
    
  • movement is a sign of life
    
  • an impatient move of his hand
    
  • gastrointestinal motility
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  drift , trend , bowel movement , bm , apparent motion , motion , apparent movement , campaign , cause , crusade , drive , effort , social movement , front , move , motility