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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 movements
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This will prevent deep frost penetration, and it should stop seasonal movements.
From the dailyherald.com
The two last movements, run together in a headlong sprint, were splendidly done.
From the sfgate.com
Political movements and cultural trends start here and sweep across the country.
From the cnn.com
One of the functions of the cerebellum is to help coordinate and time movements.
From the newscientist.com
Afterwards you upload the audio and the record of the pen movements to computer.
From the telegraph.co.uk
He moved to Sudan and began funding terrorist movements all over the Arab world.
From the newsweek.com
We had to limit the movements to those novices could perform as well as experts.
From the sciencedaily.com
Any knowledge about the species movements will aid further conservation efforts.
From the independent.co.uk
In all, it has 20 actuators and can make 24 movements, the same as a human hand.
From the sciencedaily.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. ...
