movement

move-ment · noun

imported

Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    An act of changing physical location or position.

  2. 2.

    A group of people working together to advance their shared ideas.

  3. 3.

    A change or development in something.

  4. 4.

    A principal division of a musical work.

  5. 5.

    The moving parts of a mechanism, especially a clock.

  6. 6.

    An act of emptying the bowels.

Forms

plural: movements

Related words

Antonyms: stagnation, stillness
See also: campaign, change, motion
Synonyms: campaign, change, motion

Etymology

From Old French "movement," from Medieval Latin "movimentum," from Latin "movere" (to move). The suffix "-ment" indicates a result or product of an action.