movement

(noun) a change of position that does not entail a change of location. Synonyms: motion, move, motility. 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: motion, move. 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: motion.

(noun) a group of people with a common ideology who try together to achieve certain general goals. Synonyms: social movement, front. 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. Example: "The second movement is slow and melodic."

(noun) a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end. Synonyms: campaign, cause, crusade, drive, effort. 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. Example: "He had a bowel movement."

(noun) a general tendency to change (as of opinion). Synonyms: drift, trend. 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). Example: "It was an expensive watch with a diamond movement."

(noun) the act of changing the location of something. Example: "The movement of cargo onto the vessel."