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movement
the act of changing location from one place to another
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noun
the act of changing location from one place to another
“police controlled the motion of the crowd”
noun
the act of changing the location of something
“the movement of cargo onto the vessel”
noun
a change of position that does not entail a change of location
“the reflex motion of his eyebrows revealed his surprise”
noun
a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end
“he supported populist campaigns”
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 general tendency to change (as of opinion)
“not openly liberal but that is the trend of the book”
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”
noun
an optical illusion of motion produced by viewing a rapid succession of still pictures of a moving object
“the cinema relies on apparent motion”
noun
a euphemism for defecation
“he had a bowel movement”
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Example Sentences
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
the movement of cargo onto the vessel
the reflex motion of his eyebrows revealed his surprise
movement is a sign of life
an impatient move of his hand
gastrointestinal motility
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
it was an expensive watch with a diamond movement
not openly liberal but that is the trend of the book
a broad movement of the electorate to the right
the second movement is slow and melodic
he was a charter member of the movement
politicians have to respect a mass movement
he led the national liberation front
the cinema relies on apparent motion
the succession of flashing lights gave an illusion of movement
he had a bowel movement
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