# movement

Pronunciation: say "MOOV-muhnt" /ˈmuːv.mənt/

## Noun

1. Physical motion of something between points in space.
   - Simple: The act of moving from one place to another.
   - _Slow movement of the glacier reshaped the valley over centuries._
   - _The dancer practiced each movement until it looked effortless._
2. A group of people united by a shared ideology who work together toward broad goals, or a wider trend within a field.
   - Simple: A group of people working for a shared cause, or a new trend or style in a field like art.
   - _The labor movement secured better working conditions for factory workers._
   - _A new movement in architecture rejected ornament in favor of clean lines._
3. Any change in where a price, level, amount or situation stands, including steps that bring two sides closer to agreement.
   - Simple: A change in a price, amount, level or situation, or progress toward an agreement.
   - _Traders watched for any movement in interest rates after the announcement._
   - _Negotiators reported no movement on the key issues, and the strike is set to continue._
4. The places a person visits and the things they do over a period of time, used in the plural and especially as tracked by others.
   - Simple: Where a person goes and what they do over a period of time, often as followed by others.
   - _Detectives pieced together the victim's movements in the hours before she disappeared._
   - _For months, his movements were closely watched by the security services._
5. A large, self-contained section of a longer musical composition, such as a symphony or sonata.
   - Simple: One of the main parts of a long piece of music.
   - _The final movement builds to a triumphant climax._
   - _Beethoven's Fifth Symphony has four movements of contrasting character._
8. Ellipsis of bowel movement. — Ellipsis of bowel movement (“an act of emptying the bowels”).
   - Simple: Short for bowel movement: the act of emptying the bowels, or the waste passed.
   - _Before sending him home, the nurse asked whether he had had a movement since the surgery, because the pain medicine can cause constipation._
   - _The pediatrician said a breastfed baby can go several days without a movement and still be perfectly healthy._
6. A mechanism for transmitting or transforming motion of a definite character, such as the wheelwork of a watch.
   - Simple: The set of moving parts inside a watch or clock that keeps it running.
   - _A skilled horologist can assemble a watch movement from hundreds of parts._
   - _The automatic movement winds itself as the wearer's wrist moves._
7. The sense of motion that a painting, sculpture, novel, or other artwork seems to convey.
   - Simple: A feeling of motion that an artwork seems to have.
   - _The artist created movement by repeating diagonal lines across the canvas._
   - _Critics praised the novel's restless movement from one scene to the next._
9. The melodic progression, rhythmic character, and tempo that give a piece of music its pacing.
   - Simple: The pace and rhythm of a piece of music.
   - _The conductor stressed the flowing movement of the melody as it rose and fell._
   - _The piece's restless movement comes from its quick tempo and shifting accents._
10. In baseball, the way a pitched ball deviates from the path it would follow under gravity alone.
   - Simple: The way a baseball curves or drops instead of flying straight.
   - _The pitcher's slider showed sharp movement away from right-handed hitters._
   - _Scouts praised the natural movement on his two-seam fastball._

## Noun

11. An inward stirring of the mind or feelings; an emotion or impulse of the heart. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: A strong feeling or stir of emotion in the mind.

## Other meanings

- (noun) A single instance of an aircraft taking off or landing, as counted at an airport.
- (noun) In duplicate bridge, the set pattern by which pairs change opponents and boards pass from table to table.

## Origin

From Middle English mevement, from Old French movement (modern French mouvement), formed from movoir plus -ment; compare also Medieval Latin movimentum, from Latin movere ("move"). It is a doublet of moment and momentum, and can be analyzed as move + -ment.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/movement (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).