movement motility motion move change abduction adduction agitation body English circumduction disturbance fetal movement foetal movement dart flit gesture headshake headshaking inclination inclining eversion everting inversion inversion upending jerk jerking jolt saccade kick kicking kneel kneeling lurch pitch pitching eye movement opening jump to corresponding sense entry
movement noun
1 movement A change of position that does not entail a change of location:— Movement is a sign of life.
synonyms: motility , motion , move .
Roget 680 :action ,
performance ;
doing ,
etc.
v.;
perpetration ;
exercise ,
excitation ;
movement ,
operation ,
evolution ,
work ;
labor
etc.
(exertion)
686 praxis ,
execution ;
procedure
etc.
(conduct)
692 handicraft ;
business
etc.
625 agency
etc.
(power at work)
170 deed ,
act ,
overt act ,
stitch ,
touch ,
gest transaction † ,
job ,
doings ,
dealings ,
proceeding ,
measure ,
step ,
maneuver ,
bout ,
passage ,
move ,
stroke ,
blow ;
coup ,
coup de main ,
coup d'etat [Fr.] ;
tour de force
etc.
(display)
882 feat ,
exploit ;
achievement
etc.
(completion)
729 handiwork ,
workmanship ;
manufacture ;
stroke of policy
etc.
(plan)
626 actor
etc.
(doer)
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Roget 682 :activity ;
briskness ,
liveliness
etc.
adj.;
animation ,
life ,
vivacity ,
spirit ,
dash ,
energy ;
snap ,
vim .
nimbleness ,
agility ;
smartness ,
quickness
etc.
adj.;
velocity ,
etc.
274 alacrity ,
promptitude ;
despatch ,
dispatch ;
expedition ;
haste
etc.
684 punctuality
etc.
(early)
132 eagerness ,
zeal ,
ardor ,
perfervidum aingenium [Lat.] ,
empressement [Fr.] ,
earnestness ,
intentness ;
abandon ;
vigor
etc.
(physical energy)
171 devotion
etc.
(resolution)
604 exertion
etc.
686 industry ,
assiduity ;
assiduousness
etc.
adj.;
sedulity ;
laboriousness ;
drudgery
etc.
(labor)
686 painstaking ,
diligence ;
perseverance
etc.
604.1;
indefatigation † ;
habits of business .
vigilance
etc.
459 wakefulness ;
sleeplessness ,
restlessness ;
insomnia ;
pervigilium † ,
insomnium † ;
racketing .
movement ,
bustle ,
stir ,
fuss ,
ado ,
bother ,
pottering ,
fidget ,
fidgetiness ;
flurry
etc.
(haste)
684 officiousness ;
dabbling ,
meddling ;
interference ,
interposition ,
intermeddling ;
tampering with ,
intrigue .
press of business ,
no sinecure ,
plenty to do ,
many irons in the fire ,
great doings ,
busy hum of men ,
battle of life ,
thick of the action .
housewife ,
busy bee ;
new brooms ;
sharp fellow ,
sharp blade ;
devotee ,
enthusiast ,
zealot ,
meddler ,
intermeddler ,
intriguer ,
busybody ,
pickthank † ;
hummer ,
hustler ,
live man [U.S.] ,
rustler [U.S.] .
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Roget 415 :music ;
concert ;
strain ,
tune ,
air ;
melody
etc.
413 aria ,
arietta † ;
piece of music [Fr.] ,
work ,
number ,
opus ;
sonata ;
rondo ,
rondeau [Fr.] ;
pastorale ,
cavatina † ,
roulade † ,
fantasia ,
concerto ,
overture ,
symphony ,
variations ,
cadenza ;
cadence ;
fugue ,
canon ,
quodlibet ,
serenade ,
notturno [It] ,
dithyramb ;
opera ,
operetta ;
oratorio ;
composition ,
movement ;
stave ;
passamezzo [It] ,
toccata ,
Vorspiel [G.] .
instrumental music ;
full score ;
minstrelsy ,
tweedledum and tweedledee ,
band ,
orchestra ;
concerted piece [Fr.] ,
potpourri ,
capriccio .
vocal music ,
vocalism † ;
chaunt ,
chant ;
psalm ,
psalmody ;
hymn ;
song
etc.
(poem)
597 canticle ,
canzonet † ,
cantata ,
bravura ,
lay ,
ballad ,
ditty ,
carol ,
pastoral ,
recitative ,
recitativo † ,
solfeggio † .
Lydian measures ;
slow music ,
slow movement ;
adagio
etc.
adv.;
minuet ;
siren strains ,
soft music ,
lullaby ;
dump ;
dirge
etc.
(lament)
839 pibroch † ;
martial music ,
march ;
dance music ;
waltz
etc.
(dance)
840 solo ,
duet ,
duo ,
trio ;
quartet ,
quartett † ;
septett † ;
part song ,
descant ,
glee ,
madrigal ,
catch ,
round ,
chorus ,
chorale ;
antiphon † ,
antiphony ;
accompaniment ,
second ,
bass ;
score ;
bourdon † ,
drone ,
morceau † ,
terzetto † .
composer
etc.
413 musician
etc.
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Roget 264 :motion ,
movement ,
move ;
going
etc.
v.;
unrest .
stream ,
flow ,
flux ,
run ,
course ,
stir ;
evolution ;
kinematics ;
telekinesis .
step ,
rate ,
pace ,
tread ,
stride ,
gait ,
port ,
footfall ,
cadence ,
carriage ,
velocity ,
angular velocity ;
clip ,
progress ,
locomotion ;
journey
etc.
266 voyage
etc.
267 transit
etc.
270 restlessness
etc.
(changeableness)
149 mobility ;
movableness ,
motive power ;
laws of motion ;
mobilization .
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Dutch: beweging Polish: poruszenie, ruszenie
2 movement The act of changing location from one place to another:— The movement of people from the farms to the cities.
synonyms: motion , move .
Dutch: omzetting, translocatie, transpositie, verplaatsing
3 movement A natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something.
synonym: motion .
4 movement A group of people with a common ideology who try together to achieve certain general goals:— He was a charter member of the movement.
synonyms: front , social movement .
Dutch: sociale beweging, beweging Polish: front
5 movement A major self-contained part of a symphony or sonata.
Dutch: beweging
6 movement A series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end:— The movement to end slavery.
synonyms: campaign , cause , crusade , drive , effort .
Dutch: doel, aanleiding, reden, kruistocht Polish: krucjata
7 movement 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.
synonyms: apparent motion , apparent movement , motion .
Dutch: beweging
8 movement A euphemism for defecation:— He had a bowel movement.
synonyms: bm , bowel movement .
9 movement A general tendency to change (as of opinion):— A broad movement of the electorate to the right.
synonyms: drift , trend .
Dutch: trend
10 movement The driving and regulating parts of a mechanism (as of a watch or clock).
Dutch: beweging, uurwerk
11 movement The act of changing the location of something.
Polish: przemieszczenie
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