movement (ˈmuːvmənt
)
Definitions
noun
- the act, process, or result of moving
- an instance of moving
- the manner of moving
- a group of people with a common ideology, esp a political or religious one
- the organized action of such a group
- a trend or tendency in a particular sphere
- the driving and regulating mechanism of a watch or clock
- (often plural) a person's location and activities during a specific time
- the evacuation of the bowels
- the matter evacuated
- music a principal self-contained section of a symphony, sonata, etc, usually having its own structure
- tempo or pace, as in music or literature
- fine arts the appearance of motion in painting, sculpture, etc
- prosody the rhythmic structure of verse
- a positional change by one or a number of military units
- a change in the market price of a security or commodity
Translations
- British English:
movement
Movement involves changing position or going from one place to another.There was a constant movement of people in and out of the lounge at the party.ˈmuːvmənt NOUN There was a constant movement of people in and out of the lounge at the party.
- Spanish:
movimiento
nm
- French:
mouvement
nm
- German:
Bewegung
nf
- Chinese: 运动 n
- Arabic: حَرَكَةٌ n
- Portuguese: movimento nm
- Russian: движение nnt
- Croatian: pokret nm
- Czech: pohyb nm
- Danish: bevægelse nutr
- Dutch: beweging nf
- Finnish: liike n
- Greek: κίνημα nnt
- Italian: movimento nm
- Japanese: 動き n
- Korean: 운동 n
- Norwegian: bevegelse nm
- Polish: ruch nm
- Brazilian Portuguese: movimento nm
- European Spanish:
movimiento
nm
- Swedish: rörelse nutr
- Thai: การเคลื่อนไหว n
- Turkish: hareket n
- Vietnamese: sự chuyển động n
Usage examples
Arriving back from Angola in 1964 she'd found the whole resistance movement stalled.
, THE COMPANY OF STRANGERS (2002)This will help prevent injury and maximise the benefits of training muscles through a specific range of movement.
Cycling Weekly (2004)He was detained for "re-education through labour" because of his membership of the banned Falun Gong spiritual movement.
Irish Times (2002)That the revolutionary movement would be better off without him.
Glasgow Herald (2001)This is the edge where movement happens, where your story starts to unfold.
, MOVING INTO ECSTASY: An Urban Mystic's Guide to Movement, Music and Meditation (2001)