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)
690.
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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.
416.
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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.
— Politicians have to respect a mass 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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