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Movement (Noun)

Meaning¹

A euphemism for defecation; "he had a bowel movement".

A change of position that does not entail a change of location; "the reflex motion of his eyebrows revealed his surprise"; "movement is a sign of life"; "an impatient move of his hand"; "gastrointestinal motility".

Classification

Nouns denoting acts or actions.

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Change

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Move (verb)

Meaning³

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"; "he led the national liberation front".

Classification

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects.

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Meaning⁴

A natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something.

Classification

Nouns denoting natural events.

Synonyms

Motion

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Move (verb)

Meaning⁵

A series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end; "he supported populist campaigns"; "they worked in the cause of world peace"; "the team was ready for a drive toward the pennant"; "the movement to end slavery"; "contributed to the war effort".

Classification

Nouns denoting acts or actions.

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Venture

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Meaning⁶

A major self-contained part of a symphony or sonata; "the second movement is slow and melodic".

Classification

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.

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Meaning⁷

The driving and regulating parts of a mechanism (as of a watch or clock); "it was an expensive watch with a diamond movement".

Classification

Nouns denoting man-made objects.

Hypernyms

Action Mechanism

Meaning⁸

The act of changing the location of something; "the movement of cargo onto the vessel".

Classification

Nouns denoting acts or actions.

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Move (verb)

Meaning⁹

An optical illusion of motion produced by viewing a rapid succession of still pictures of a moving object; "the cinema relies on apparent motion"; "the succession of flashing lights gave an illusion of movement".

Classification

Nouns denoting natural phenomena.

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Optical Illusion

Meaning¹⁰

A general tendency to change (as of opinion); "not openly liberal but that is the trend of the book"; "a broad movement of the electorate to the right".

Classification

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents.

Synonyms

Trend
Drift

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Meaning¹¹

The act of changing location from one place to another; "police controlled the motion of the crowd"; "the movement of people from the farms to the cities"; "his move put him directly in my path".