English Explanatory Dictionary

movement

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Physical motion between points in space.
  2. A system or mechanism for transmitting motion of a definite character, or for transforming motion, such as the wheelwork of a watch.
  3. The impression of motion in an artwork, painting, novel etc.
  4. A trend in various fields or social categories, a group of people with a common ideology who try together to achieve certain general goals.
  5. A large division of a larger composition.
  6. Melodic progression, accentual character, tempo or pace.
  7. An instance of an aircraft taking off or landing.
  8. The deviation of a pitch from ballistic flight.
  9. A pattern in which pairs change opponents and boards move from table to table in duplicate bridge.
  10. Ellipsis of bowel movement (“an act of emptying the bowels”).
  11. Motion of the mind or feelings; emotion.

Pronunciation

/ˈmuːv.mənt/ en-us-movement.ogg

Word forms

movement movements mov. movt mvmt mvt

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁-der. Proto-Italic *moweō Latin movēre Old French movoir Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-məntom Latin -mentum Old French -ment Old French movementbor. Middle English mevement English movement From Middle English mevement, from Old French movement (modern French mouvement), from movoir + -ment; cf. also Medieval Latin movimentum, from Latin movere (“move”). Doublet of moment and momentum. In this sense, displaced native Old English styring, which led to Modern English stirring. Morphologically move + -ment.

Synonyms

motion

Antonyms

stasis

Related words

speed symphony vector velocity The Movement

Derived words

aftermovement aircraft movement A-movement antimovement art movement A′-movement beta movement bowel movement Brownian movement camera movement choreiform movement civil rights movement comovement countermovement criminal religious movement cultural movement ecomovement ecumenical movement eye movement desensitization and reprocessing freedom of movement free school movement head movement holiness movement holomovement Howell movement human movement human potential movement involuntary movement Jesus movement literary movement march-movement micromovement midmovement Mitchell movement movement control order movement disorder multimovement new religious movement nonmovement of its proper movement Oxford movement perimovement photomovement pincer movement postmovement premovement Protestant Movement rapid eye movement social movement streaming movement submovement temperance movement voluntary movement wh-movement youth movement
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