(uncountable) A state of progression from one place to another.
Physical motion between points in space.
I saw a movement in that grass on the hill.
(countable) A change of position with respect to time.
(engineering) A system or mechanism for transmitting motion of a definite character, or for transforming motion, such as the wheelwork of a watch.
(physics) A change from one place to another.
The impression of motion in an artwork, painting, novel etc.
(countable) A parliamentary action to propose something. A similar procedure in any official or business meeting.
The motion to amend is now open for discussion.
A trend in various fields or social categories, a group of people with a common ideology who try together to achieve certain general goals
The labor movement has been struggling in America since the passage of the Taft-Hartley act in 1947.
(obsolete) An entertainment or show, especially a puppet show.
(music) A large division of a larger composition.
Beethoven's movements
(philosophy) from κίνησις (kinesis); any change. Traditionally of four types: generation and corruption, alteration, augmentation and diminution, and change of place.
(music) Melodic progression, accentual character, tempo or pace.
Movement of the mind, desires, or passions; mental act, or impulse to any action; internal activity.
(aviation) An instance of an aircraft taking off or landing.
Albuquerque International Sunport serviced over 200,000 movements last year.
(law) A formal request, oral or written, made to a judge or court of law to obtain an official court ruling or order for a legal action to be taken by, or on behalf of, the movant.
(baseball) The deviation of a pitch from ballistic flight.
The movement on his cutter was devastating.
(euphemistic) A movement of the bowels; the product of such movement.
(bridge) A pattern in which pairs change opponents and boards move from table to table in duplicate bridge.
(music) Change of pitch in successive sounds, whether in the same part or in groups of parts. (Conjunct motion is that by single degrees of the scale. Contrary motion is when parts move in opposite directions. Disjunct motion is motion by skips. Oblique motion is when one part is stationary while another moves. Similar or direct motion is when parts move in the same direction.)
An act of emptying the bowels.
(obsolete) A puppet, or puppet show.
(obsolete) Motion of the mind or feelings; emotion.
(mechanical engineering) A piece of moving mechanism, such as on a steam locomotive.
a change of position that does not entail a change of location;
the reflex motion of his eyebrows revealed his surprise
movement is a sign of life
an impatient move of his hand
gastrointestinal motility
To gesture indicating a desired movement.
He motioned for me to come closer.
a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something
(proscribed) To introduce a motion in parliamentary procedure.
the act of changing location from one place to another;
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
To make a proposal; to offer plans.
a group of people with a common ideology who try together to achieve certain general goals;
he was a charter member of the movement
politicians have to respect a mass movement
he led the national liberation front
a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something
a major self-contained part of a symphony or sonata;
the second movement is slow and melodic
the use of movements (especially of the hands) to communicate familiar or prearranged signals
a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end;
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
a change of position that does not entail a change of location;
the reflex motion of his eyebrows revealed his surprise
movement is a sign of life
an impatient move of his hand
gastrointestinal motility
an optical illusion of motion produced by viewing a rapid succession of still pictures of a moving object;
the cinema relies on apparent motion
the succession of flashing lights gave an illusion of movement
a state of change;
they were in a state of steady motion
a euphemism for defecation;
he had a bowel movement
a formal proposal for action made to a deliberative assembly for discussion and vote;
he made a motion to adjourn
she called for the question
a general tendency to change (as of opinion);
not openly liberal but that is the trend of the book
a broad movement of the electorate to the right
the act of changing location from one place to another;
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
the driving and regulating parts of a mechanism (as of a watch or clock);
it was an expensive watch with a diamond movement
an optical illusion of motion produced by viewing a rapid succession of still pictures of a moving object;
the cinema relies on apparent motion
the succession of flashing lights gave an illusion of movement
the act of changing the location of something;
the movement of cargo onto the vessel
show, express or direct through movement;
He gestured his desire to leave
