movements

movement[ 'mu:vmənts ]

• n.
  • a change of position that does not entail a change of location

    "movement is a sign of life"

    同义词：motionmovemotility

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

    同义词：motion

  • the act of changing location from one place to another

    "the movement of people from the farms to the cities"

    同义词：motionmove

  • 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"

    同义词：social movementfront

  • a major self-contained part of a symphony or sonata

    "the second movement is slow and melodic"

  • a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end

    "the movement to end slavery"

    同义词：campaigncausecrusadedriveeffort

  • an optical illusion of motion produced by viewing a rapid succession of still pictures of a moving object

    "the succession of flashing lights gave an illusion of movement"

    同义词：apparent motionmotionapparent movement

  • a euphemism for defecation

    "he had a bowel movement"

    同义词：bowel movementbm

  • a general tendency to change (as of opinion)

    "a broad movement of the electorate to the right"

    同义词：drifttrend

  • the driving and regulating parts of a mechanism (as of a watch or clock)

    "it was an expensive watch with a diamond movement"

  • the act of changing the location of something

    "the movement of cargo onto the vessel"