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movement::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | motion, move |
| Type of | change |
| Has types | ascent, forward motion, haste, following, stream, flow, progress, travel, pursual, pursuit, traveling, travelling, crawl, speeding, slippage, return, rise, swing, rush, rushing, vacillation, descent, shift, shifting, hurrying, advance, advancement, approach, displacement, approaching, hurry, ascending, ascension, chase, glide, slide, lunge, lurch, maneuver, manoeuvre, migration, coast, locomotion, translation, onward motion, coming, speed, swinging, play, procession, progression |
| Derivation | move |
the movement of people from the farms to the cities.
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | bm, bowel movement |
| Type of | defecation, shitting, laxation |
he had a bowel movement.
movement::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | front, social movement |
| Type of | social group |
| Has types | zionism, free french, fighting french, civil rights movement, boy scouts, oecumenism, artistic movement, falun gong, art movement, ecumenism, zionist movement, religious movement, reform movement, political movement, cultural movement, common front |
he was a charter member of the movement.
politicians have to respect a mass movement.
movement::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | apparent motion, apparent movement, motion |
| Type of | optical illusion |
the succession of flashing lights gave an illusion of movement.
movement::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | motion |
| Type of | happening, occurrent, occurrence, natural event |
| Has types | periodic motion, squeeze, whirl, wobble, stroke, heave, tectonic movement, throw, jitter, kick, wrench, moving ridge, passage, passing, pedesis, periodic movement, travel, rebound, turn, recoil, repercussion, turning, twist, undulation, seek, approach, approaching, backlash, bend, bending, wring, brownian motion, brownian movement, cam stroke, change of location, commotion, crustal movement, deflection, deflexion, wave |
| Derivation | move |
movement::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | drift, trend |
| Type of | disposition, tendency, inclination |
| Has types | evolutionary trend, gravitation |
a broad movement of the electorate to the right.
movement::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | motility, motion, move |
| Type of | change |
| Has types | abduction, adduction, agitation, body english, circumduction, closing, dart, disturbance, eurhythmics, eurhythmy, eurythmics, eurythmy, eversion, everting, eye movement, fetal movement, flicker, flit, flutter, foetal movement, gesture, headshake, headshaking, inclination, inclining, inversion, jerk, jerking, jolt, kick, kicking, kneel, kneeling, lurch, opening, pitch, pitching, posing, prostration, quiver, quivering, reach, reaching, reciprocation, reclining, retraction, retroflection, retroflexion, rotary motion, rotation, saccade, shutting, sitting, snap, span, squat, squatting, squirm, standing, straddle, stretch, stroke, sweep, toss, upending, vibration, wave, waver, wiggle, wriggle |
| Derivation | move |
movement is a sign of life.
movement::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | campaign, cause, crusade, drive, effort |
| Type of | venture |
| Has types | political campaign, advertising campaign, anti-war movement, fund-raising effort, war, reform, feminism, women's lib, gay liberation movement, women's liberation movement, gay lib, fund-raising campaign, charm campaign, fund-raising drive, electioneering, youth crusade, lost cause, ad blitz, ad campaign, campaigning, candidacy, candidature, feminist movement, youth movement, consumerism |
the movement to end slavery.
movement::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | composition, piece of music, opus, musical composition, piece |
| Has types | intermezzo, scherzo |
the second movement is slow and melodic.
movement::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | change |
| Has types | transplanting, transferral, transport, intromission, insertion, conveyance, introduction, troop movement, letting down, transplantation, displacement, deracination, transfer, lowering, transportation, transplant |
| Derivation | move |
the movement of cargo onto the vessel.
movement::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | action, action mechanism |
it was an expensive watch with a diamond movement.
Examples of movement
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Parameters are set for command and control, movement, shooting and close combat.
From the dailyherald.com
The radical Palestinian Hamas movement, by contrast, enjoys 49 percent approval.
From the washingtontimes.com
As a movement, we seem content to be dazzled and befuddled by the latest gizmos.
From the washingtontimes.com
The youth movement has come on strong over the last couple of weeks at Oakville.
From the stltoday.com
He said the Tea Party movement emerged because of frustration with both parties.
From the online.wsj.com
Never fitting neatly into a single movement, she occupies a region unto herself.
From the online.wsj.com
Extensor motor response is a reflex movement of straightening the arms and legs.
From the sciencedaily.com
Now in her third term, Bachmann has emerged as a hero of the tea party movement.
From the charlotteobserver.com
All open water created by barge movement is cordoned off by barrels and fencing.
From the timesunion.com
- Motion: 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"
- Motion: 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 natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something
- 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 major self-contained part of a symphony or sonata; "the second movement is slow and melodic"
- Campaign: 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"
- Movement is New Order's debut album, released in November 1981 on Factory Records. At the time of its release, the album was not particularly well received by critics or consumers, only peaking at #30 on the UK albums chart. ...
- In horology, a movement is the internal mechanism of a clock or watch, as opposed to the case, which encloses and protects the movement, and the face which displays the time. The term originated with mechanical timepieces, whose movements are made of many moving parts. ...
- The Detroit Electronic Music Festival (DEMF), and its successors comprise an annual series of electronic dance music showcases held in Detroit each Memorial Day weekend since 2000. ...
