Meaning : A natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something.
Synonyms : motion
Meaning : A group of people with a common ideology who try together to achieve certain general goals.
Example :
He was a charter member of the movement.
Politicians have to respect a mass movement.
He led the national liberation front.
Synonyms : front, social movement
Meaning : A major self-contained part of a symphony or sonata.
Example :
The second movement is slow and melodic.
Meaning : A series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end.
Example :
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.
Synonyms : campaign, cause, crusade, drive, effort
Meaning : An optical illusion of motion produced by viewing a rapid succession of still pictures of a moving object.
Example :
The cinema relies on apparent motion.
The succession of flashing lights gave an illusion of movement.
Synonyms : apparent motion, apparent movement, motion
Meaning : A euphemism for defecation.
Example :
He had a bowel movement.
Synonyms : bm, bowel movement
Meaning : The driving and regulating parts of a mechanism (as of a watch or clock).
Example :
It was an expensive watch with a diamond movement.
Meaning : The act of changing the location of something.
Example :
The movement of cargo onto the vessel.