movement
/ˈmuːv.mənt/ noun
Forms movements mov. movt mvmt mvt
- noun Physical motion between points in space. “I saw a movement in that grass on the hill.”
- noun (engineering) A system or mechanism for transmitting motion of a definite character, or for transforming motion, such as the wheelwork of a watch.
- noun The impression of motion in an artwork, painting, novel etc.
- 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. “social movement”
- noun (music) A large division of a larger composition. “Beethoven's movements”
- noun (music) Melodic progression, accentual character, tempo or pace.
- noun (aviation) An instance of an aircraft taking off or landing. “Albuquerque International Sunport serviced over 200,000 movements last year.”
- noun (baseball) The deviation of a pitch from ballistic flight. “The movement on his cutter was devastating.”
Synonyms
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Antonyms
Etymology
From Middle English mevement, from Old French movement (modern French mouvement), from movoir + -ment; cf. also Medieval Latin movimentum, from Latin movere (“move”). Doublet of moment and momentum. In this sense, displaced native Old English styring, which led to Modern English stirring.
Morphologically move + -ment.
Webster’s 1913
- noun 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.
- noun Motion of the mind or feelings; emotion.
Etymology [F. mouvement. See Move, and cf. Moment.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “movement”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details