movement


Definition: Meaning of, movement in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / ˈmuːvm(ə)nt /

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movement movements
  1. people working together [countable] a group of people who share the same ideas or beliefs and who work together to achieve a particular aim
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  2. position/place [uncountable and countable] when someone or something changes position or moves from one place to another
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  3. position/place [uncountable and countable] a planned change in the position of a group of soldiers
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  4. change/development [uncountable] a gradual change or development in a situation or in people's attitudes or opinions
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  5. somebody's movements the places where someone goes and the things they do during a certain period
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  6. music [countable] one of the main parts into which a piece of music is divided, especially a SYMPHONY
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  7. clock/watch [countable usually singular] the moving parts of a piece of machinery, especially a clock or watch
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  8. body waste [countable] formal when you get rid of waste matter from your BOWEL s
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movement used in phrases

  • Black September Movement (noun)
    1. now merged with Fatah Revolutionary Council a former Palestinian terrorist organization that assassinated the Prime Minister of Jordan and during the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich killed 11 Israeli athletes
  • Brownian movement (noun)
    1. the random motion of small particles suspended in a gas or liquid
  • Civil Rights movement (noun)
    1. movement in the United States beginning in the 1960s and led primarily by Blacks in an effort to establish the civil rights of individual Black citizens
  • East Turkestan Islamic Movement (noun)
    1. a group of Uighur Muslims fighting Chinese control of Xinjiang; declared by China in 2001 to be terrorists although there is a long history of cycles of insurgency and repression
  • East Turkistan Islamic Movement (noun)
    1. a group of Uighur Muslims fighting Chinese control of Xinjiang; declared by China in 2001 to be terrorists although there is a long history of cycles of insurgency and repression
  • Islamic Resistance Movement (noun)
    1. an Islamic Palestinian fundamentalist political organization; seeks to create an Islamic state in place of Israel
  • Lautaro Faction of the United Popular Action Movement (noun)
    1. a violent terrorist group organized in the 1980s and advocating the overthrow of the Chilean military government; leaders are mainly criminals or impoverished youths
  • Lautaro Youth Movement (noun)
    1. a violent terrorist group organized in the 1980s and advocating the overthrow of the Chilean military government; leaders are mainly criminals or impoverished youths
  • Lubavitch movement (noun)
    1. a large missionary Hasidic movement known for their hospitality, technological expertise, optimism and emphasis on religious study
  • Movement for Revenge (noun)
    1. an organization of Muslims in India who killed Hindus in September 2002; believed to have ties with Muslim terrorists in Pakistan
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