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movement

noun
  1. the act of changing location from one place to another
    move
  2. the act of changing the location of something
    “the movement of cargo onto the vessel”
  3. a change of position that does not entail a change of location
    move
  4. a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end
    cause
  5. the driving and regulating parts of a mechanism (as of a watch or clock)
    “it was an expensive watch with a diamond movement”
  6. a general tendency to change (as of opinion)
    drifttrend
  7. a major self-contained part of a symphony or sonata
    “the second movement is slow and melodic”
  8. a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something
    motion
  9. a group of people with a common ideology who try together to achieve certain general goals
    “I was a charter member of the movement.”
    frontsocial movement
  10. an optical illusion of motion produced by viewing a rapid succession of still pictures of a moving object
    motion
  11. a euphemism for defecation
    “I had a bowel movement.”
    bowel movementbm