Definition of movements Movements
/muˈvmʌnts/ - [muvmunts] -
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What does movements mean?
Wiktionary 
- movements (Noun)
Plural of movement.
Part of speech
🔤- movements, noun, plural of movement.
WordNet
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| movement - a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something | ||
| motion | ||
| happening, natural event, occurrent, occurrence an event that happens | ||
| crustal movement, tectonic movement movement resulting from or causing deformation of the earth's crust | ||
| approaching, approach the act of drawing spatially closer to something; "the hunter's approach scattered the geese" | ||
| passing, passage success in satisfying a test or requirement; "his future depended on his passing that test"; "he got a pass in introductory chemistry" | ||
| deflexion, deflection the property of being bent or deflected | ||
| bending, bend the act of bending something | ||
| change of location, travel a movement through space that changes the location of something | ||
| undulation, wave wavelike motion; a gentle rising and falling in the manner of waves | ||
| jitter a small irregular movement | ||
| periodic motion, periodic movement motion that recurs over and over and the period of time required for each recurrence remains the same | ||
| heave throwing something heavy (with great effort); "he gave it a mighty heave"; "he was not good at heaving passes" | ||
| backlash, recoil, repercussion, rebound an adverse reaction to some political or social occurrence; "there was a backlash of intolerance" | ||
| recoil, kick a movement back from an impact | ||
| seek the movement of a read/write head to a specific data track on a disk | ||
| wring, squeeze the act of forcing yourself (or being forced) into or through a restricted space; "getting through that small opening was a tight squeeze" | ||
| cam stroke, throw, stroke the act of throwing (propelling something with a rapid movement of the arm and wrist); "the catcher made a good throw to second base" | ||
| turning, turn act of changing in practice or custom; "the law took many turnings over the years" | ||
| wrench, twist a hand tool that is used to hold or twist a nut or bolt | ||
| undulation wavelike motion; a gentle rising and falling in the manner of waves | ||
| moving ridge, wave a movement like that of a sudden occurrence or increase in a specified phenomenon; "a wave of settlers"; "troops advancing in waves" | ||
| wobble an unsteady rocking motion | ||
| commotion, whirl the act of making a noisy disturbance | ||
| movement - 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" | ||
| social movement, front | ||
| social group people sharing some social relation | ||
| fighting french, free french a French movement during World War II that was organized in London by Charles de Gaulle to fight for the liberation of France from German control and for the restoration of the republic | ||
| art movement, artistic movement a group of artists who agree on general principles | ||
| boy scouts an international (but decentralized) movement started in 1908 in England with the goal of teaching good citizenship to boys | ||
| civil rights movement movement in the United States beginning in the 1960s and led primarily by Blacks in an effort to establish the civil rights of individual Black citizens | ||
| common front a movement in which several individuals or groups with different interests join together; "the unions presented a common front at the bargaining table" | ||
| cultural movement a group of people working together to advance certain cultural goals | ||
| oecumenism, ecumenism (Christianity) the doctrine of the ecumenical movement that promotes cooperation and better understanding among different religious denominations: aimed at universal Christian unity | ||
| falun gong a spiritual movement that began in China in the latter half of the 20th century and is based on Buddhist and Taoist teachings and practices | ||
| political movement a group of people working together to achieve a political goal | ||
| reform movement a movement intended to bring about social and humanitarian reforms | ||
| religious movement a movement intended to bring about religious reforms | ||
| movement - the act of changing the location of something; "the movement of cargo onto the vessel" | ||
| change the action of changing something; "the change of government had no impact on the economy"; "his change on abortion cost him the election" | ||
| deracination, displacement act of removing from office or employment | ||
| transferral, conveyance, transfer, transport, transportation act of transferring property title from one person to another | ||
| intromission, insertion, introduction the act of putting one thing into another | ||
| letting down, lowering the act of causing something to move to a lower level | ||
| transplanting, transplantation, transplant the act of removing something from one location and introducing it in another location; "the transplant did not flower until the second year"; "too frequent transplanting is not good for families"; "she returned to Alabama because she could not bear transplantation" | ||
| movement - a major self-contained part of a symphony or sonata; "the second movement is slow and melodic" | ||
| musical composition, opus, piece of music, composition, piece a musical work that has been created; "the composition is written in four movements" | ||
| sonata a musical composition of 3 or 4 movements of contrasting forms | ||
| intermezzo a short piece of instrumental music composed for performance between acts of a drama or opera | ||
| movement - the driving and regulating parts of a mechanism (as of a watch or clock); "it was an expensive watch with a diamond movement" | ||
| action mechanism, action something done (usually as opposed to something said); "there were stories of murders and other unnatural actions" | ||
| ticker, watch a character printer that automatically prints stock quotations on ticker tape | ||
| movement - 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, move, motility | ||
| change the action of changing something; "the change of government had no impact on the economy"; "his change on abortion cost him the election" | ||
| abduction (physiology) moving of a body part away from the central axis of the body | ||
| adduction (physiology) moving of a body part toward the central axis of the body | ||
| agitation the act of agitating something; causing it to move around (usually vigorously) | ||
| body english a motion of the body by a player as if to make an object already propelled go in the desired direction | ||
| circumduction a circular movement of a limb or eye | ||
| disturbance the act of disturbing something or someone; setting something in motion | ||
| fetal movement, foetal movement motion of a fetus within the uterus (usually detected by the 16th week of pregnancy) | ||
| flit, dart a secret move (to avoid paying debts); "they did a moonlight flit" | ||
| gesture motion of hands or body to emphasize or help to express a thought or feeling | ||
| headshake, headshaking the act of turning your head left and right to signify denial or disbelief or bemusement; "I could tell from their headshakes that they didn't believe me" | ||
| inclining, inclination the act of inclining; bending forward; "an inclination of his head indicated his agreement" | ||
| everting, eversion, inversion the position of being turned outward; "the eversion of the foot" | ||
| upending, inversion the act of turning inside out | ||
| jerking, jolt, saccade, jerk a sudden jarring impact; "the door closed with a jolt"; "all the jars and jolts were smoothed out by the shock absorbers" | ||
| kicking, kick the act of delivering a blow with the foot; "he gave the ball a powerful kick"; "the team's kicking was excellent" | ||
| kneel, kneeling supporting yourself on your knees | ||
| pitching, lurch, pitch (baseball) playing the position of pitcher on a baseball team | ||
| eye movement the movement of the eyes | ||
| opening the act of opening something; "the ray of light revealed his cautious opening of the door" | ||
| prostration the act of assuming a prostrate position | ||
| reaching, reach, stretch the act of physically reaching or thrusting out | ||
| reciprocation alternating back-and-forth movement | ||
| reclining the act of assuming or maintaining a reclining position | ||
| retraction the act of pulling or holding or drawing a part back; "the retraction of the landing gear"; "retraction of the foreskin" | ||
| retroflection, retroflexion the act of bending backward | ||
| rotary motion, rotation the act of rotating as if on an axis; "the rotation of the dancer kept time with the music" | ||
| shutting, closing the act of closing something | ||
| sitting the act of assuming or maintaining a seated position; "he read the mystery at one sitting" | ||
| posing, sitting the act of assuming or maintaining a seated position; "he read the mystery at one sitting" | ||
| snap the act of snapping the fingers; movement of a finger from the tip to the base of the thumb on the same hand; "he gave his fingers a snap" | ||
| squatting, squat the act of assuming or maintaining a crouching position with the knees bent and the buttocks near the heels | ||
| sweep a movement in an arc; "a sweep of his arm" | ||
| toss an abrupt movement; "a toss of his head" | ||
| quivering, quiver, vibration case for holding arrows | ||
| wave a movement like that of a sudden occurrence or increase in a specified phenomenon; "a wave of settlers"; "troops advancing in waves" | ||
| flicker, waver, flutter North American woodpecker | ||
| standing the act of assuming or maintaining an erect upright position | ||
| straddle, span the option to buy or sell a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date; consists of an equal number of put and call options | ||
| stroke a light touch with the hands | ||
| squirm, wiggle, wriggle the act of wiggling | ||
| movement - 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" | ||
| motion, move | ||
| change the action of changing something; "the change of government had no impact on the economy"; "his change on abortion cost him the election" | ||
| approaching, coming, approach the act of drawing spatially closer to something; "the hunter's approach scattered the geese" | ||
| forward motion, onward motion, advancement, procession, progress, progression, advance gradual improvement or growth or development; "advancement of knowledge"; "great progress in the arts" | ||
| locomotion, travel self-propelled movement | ||
| lunge, lurch (fencing) an attacking thrust made with one foot forward and the back leg straight and with the sword arm outstretched forward | ||
| traveling, travelling, travel the act of going from one place to another; "he enjoyed selling but he hated the travel" | ||
| pursual, following, chase, pursuit a group of followers or enthusiasts | ||
| ascending, ascent, ascension, rise an upward slope or grade (as in a road); "the car couldn't make it up the rise" | ||
| descent the act of changing your location in a downward direction | ||
| swinging, vacillation, swing changing location by moving back and forth | ||
| return a coming to or returning home; "on his return from Australia we gave him a welcoming party" | ||
| glide, coast, slide the activity of flying a glider | ||
| slippage failing to hold or slipping out of place; "the knots allowed no slippage" | ||
| stream, flow dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas; "two streams of development run through American history"; "stream of consciousness"; "the flow of thought"; "the current of history" | ||
| crawl a slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body; "a crawl was all that the injured man could manage"; "the traffic moved at a creep" | ||
| hurrying, speeding, speed changing location rapidly | ||
| displacement, translation act of removing from office or employment | ||
| shifting, shift the act of moving from one place to another; "his constant shifting disrupted the class" | ||
| rushing, haste, hurry, rush the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner; "in his haste to leave he forgot his book" | ||
| maneuver, manoeuvre, play an action aimed at evading an opponent | ||
| movement - 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" | ||
| campaign, cause, crusade, drive, effort | ||
| venture any venturesome undertaking especially one with an uncertain outcome | ||
| ad blitz, ad campaign, advertising campaign an organized program of advertisements | ||
| anti-war movement a campaign against entering or continuing a war | ||
| charm campaign a campaign of flattery and friendliness (by a company, politician, etc.) to become more popular and gain support | ||
| consumerism a movement advocating greater protection of the interests of consumers | ||
| campaigning, candidacy, candidature, electioneering, political campaign the campaign of a candidate to be elected | ||
| fund-raising campaign, fund-raising drive, fund-raising effort a campaign to raise money for some cause | ||
| feminist movement, women's lib, women's liberation movement, feminism the movement aimed at equal rights for women | ||
| gay lib, gay liberation movement the movement aimed at liberating homosexuals from legal or social or economic oppression | ||
| lost cause a defeated cause or a cause for which defeat is inevitable | ||
| reform a change for the better as a result of correcting abuses; "justice was for sale before the reform of the law courts" | ||
| war a concerted campaign to end something that is injurious; "the war on poverty"; "the war against crime" | ||
| movement - a general tendency to change (as of opinion); "not openly liberal but that is the trend of the book"; "a broad movement of the electorate to the right" | ||
| drift, trend | ||
| disposition, tendency, inclination your usual mood; "he has a happy disposition" | ||
| evolutionary trend a general direction of evolutionary change | ||
| movement - a euphemism for defecation; "he had a bowel movement" | ||
| bowel movement, bm | ||
| defecation, shitting, laxation the elimination of fecal waste through the anus | ||
| movement - an optical illusion of motion produced by viewing a rapid succession of still pictures of a moving object; "the cinema relies on apparent motion"; "the succession of flashing lights gave an illusion of movement" | ||
| apparent motion, motion, apparent movement | ||
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Wiktionary
- movement (Noun)
Physical motion between points in space. - movement (Noun)
For a clockwork, a clock, or a watch, a device that cuts time in equal portions. - movement (Noun)
The impression of motion in an artwork, painting, novel etc. - movement (Noun)
A trend in various fields or social categories, a group of people with a common ideology who try together to achieve certain general goals. - movement (Noun)
A large division of a larger composition. - movement (Noun)
An instance of an aircraft taking off or landing. - movement (Noun)
The deviation of a pitch from ballistic flight. - movement (Noun)
An act of emptying the bowels.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- movement (n.)
The act of moving; change of place or posture; transference, by any means, from one situation to another; natural or appropriate motion; progress; advancement; as, the movement of an army in marching or maneuvering; the movement of a wheel or a machine; the party of movement. - movement (n.)
Motion of the mind or feelings; emotion. - movement (n.)
Manner or style of moving; as, a slow, or quick, or sudden, movement. - movement (n.)
The rhythmical progression, pace, and tempo of a piece. - movement (n.)
One of the several strains or pieces, each complete in itself, with its own time and rhythm, which make up a larger work; as, the several movements of a suite or a symphony. - movement (n.)
A system of mechanism for transmitting motion of a definite character, or for transforming motion; as, the wheelwork of a watch.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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A large number of people united for some specific purpose. -
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A series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end.
Military DictionaryMilitary Dictionary and Gazetteer 💥
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A term used to express the changes of position which troops undergo in performing their evolutions.
Wikipedia 
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Movement, or motion, is the state of changing something's position--that is, changing where something is. A flying bird or a walking person are moving, because they change where they are from one place to another. There are many kinds of science and math related to movement.
For example, thanks to Albert Einstein, we know that all "position" is relative. This means that everything's position depends on where they exist in relation to other things. For example, a ball is 5 feet away from a box, 3 feet away from a chair, and a foot away from a table. According to Einstein, the ball's position means how far the ball is from other things, so by telling you how far the ball was from other things, I told you its position. An object's "movement" is also relative. Its movement depends on where it is in relation to other things and where it's going to in relation to other things.
There are many things involved in movement, such as speed, velocity, acceleration, gravity, magnetic attraction and repulsion, friction, and inertia. Also, work is needed to produce movement. -
music
Long pieces of classical music are often divided into movements. They are like different sections of the piece. Movements can be quite short, or extremely long. If you listen to a symphony it may often be divided into four movements. In the time of Haydn and Mozart the four movements were normally: a fast movement, a slow movement, a dance-like movement (minuet) and a fast movement to end the work.
Robert Schumann: Symphony no 4 in D minor op.120
1) Andante con moto – Allegro di molto
4) Finale: Allegro vivace - Presto
Sometimes an orchestra will take a minute or two to retune their instruments, especially in a symphony by Mahler or Shostakovich where one movement might be as long as 25 minutes. At other times the conductor or performer will want to go almost straight on with hardly any break. Sometimes the composer shows that there should be no break at all between movements.
Audiences in the olden days often used to clap between movements, but usually these days they wait until the end of the work to applaud.
The German word for “movement” (in this musical sense) is “Satz” which really means “sentence”. A movement is like a sentence: a collection of things that belong together to make sense. All the movements together are like several sentences: they tell the whole story.
Part of speech
🔤- movement, noun, singular of movements.
