noun
a change of position that does not entail a change of location
Synonyms
Examples
- the reflex motion of his eyebrows revealed his surprise
- movement is a sign of life
- an impatient move of his hand
- gastrointestinal motility
noun
the act of changing location from one place to another
Synonyms
Examples
- 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
noun
a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something
Synonyms
noun
a group of people with a common ideology who try together to achieve certain general goals
Synonyms
Examples
- he was a charter member of the movement
- politicians have to respect a mass movement
- he led the national liberation front
noun
a major self-contained part of a symphony or sonata
Examples
- the second movement is slow and melodic
noun
a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end
Synonyms
Examples
- 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
noun
an optical illusion of motion produced by viewing a rapid succession of still pictures of a moving object
Synonyms
apparent motion
motion
apparent movement
Examples
- the cinema relies on apparent motion
- the succession of flashing lights gave an illusion of movement
noun
a euphemism for defecation
Synonyms
bowel movement
bm
Examples
- he had a bowel movement
noun
a general tendency to change (as of opinion)
Synonyms
Examples
- not openly liberal but that is the trend of the book
- a broad movement of the electorate to the right
noun
the driving and regulating parts of a mechanism (as of a watch or clock)
Examples
- it was an expensive watch with a diamond movement
noun
the act of changing the location of something
Examples
- the movement of cargo onto the vessel
noun
a change of position that does not entail a change of location
Synonyms
Examples
- the reflex motion of his eyebrows revealed his surprise
- movement is a sign of life
- an impatient move of his hand
- gastrointestinal motility
noun
the act of changing location from one place to another
Synonyms
Examples
- 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
noun
a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something
Synonyms
noun
a group of people with a common ideology who try together to achieve certain general goals
Synonyms
Examples
- he was a charter member of the movement
- politicians have to respect a mass movement
- he led the national liberation front
noun
a major self-contained part of a symphony or sonata
Examples
- the second movement is slow and melodic
noun
a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end
Synonyms
Examples
- 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
noun
an optical illusion of motion produced by viewing a rapid succession of still pictures of a moving object
Synonyms
apparent motion
motion
apparent movement
Examples
- the cinema relies on apparent motion
- the succession of flashing lights gave an illusion of movement
noun
a euphemism for defecation
Synonyms
bowel movement
bm
Examples
- he had a bowel movement
noun
a general tendency to change (as of opinion)
Synonyms
Examples
- not openly liberal but that is the trend of the book
- a broad movement of the electorate to the right
noun
the driving and regulating parts of a mechanism (as of a watch or clock)
Examples
- it was an expensive watch with a diamond movement
noun
the act of changing the location of something
Examples
- the movement of cargo onto the vessel