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movement

noun /muvmənt/ 2 syllables 8 letters Scrabble 15 WWF 19
Definitions
noun

the act of changing location from one place to another

“the movement of people from the farms to the cities”

noun

the act of changing the location of something

“the movement of cargo onto the vessel”

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the driving and regulating parts of a mechanism (as of a watch or clock)

“it was an expensive watch with a diamond movement”

noun

a euphemism for defecation

“he had a bowel movement”

noun

a group of people with a common ideology who try together to achieve certain general goals

“he was a charter member of the movement”

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an optical illusion of motion produced by viewing a rapid succession of still pictures of a moving object

“the succession of flashing lights gave an illusion of movement”

noun

a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something

noun

a general tendency to change (as of opinion)

“a broad movement of the electorate to the right”

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a change of position that does not entail a change of location

“movement is a sign of life”

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a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end

“the movement to end slavery”

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a major self-contained part of a symphony or sonata

“the second movement is slow and melodic”

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