movement
movement
/ˈmuːvmənt/
changing position
hand/eye movements
She observed the gentle movement of his chest as he breathed.
Loose clothing gives you greater freedom of movement.
Power comes from the forward movement of the entire body.
Troy watched her every movement.
There was a sudden movement in the undergrowth.
The dance combined colour, movement and music.
Collocations
adjective
verb + movement
movement + verb
movement + noun
preposition
in a movement
movement away from
movement from…
phrases
the direction of movement
the rate of movement
the speed of movement…
2 countable, uncountable an act of moving from one place to another or of moving something from one place to another enemy troop movements
laws to allow free movement of goods and services
the mass movement of herds of wildebeest
Fences restricted the movement of people and animals.
group of people
the trade union movement
the labour movement
the civil rights movement
the Romantic movement (= for example in literature)
to build/join/support a movement
movement for something She led a movement for women's rights.
a mass movement for change
Collocations
adjective
verb + movement
movement + verb
preposition
movement against
movement for
phrases
the leader of a movement
a member of a movement
the rise of a movement…
person’s activities
4 movements plural a person’s activities over a period of time, especially as watched by somebody else The police are keeping a close watch on the suspect's movements.
to track/monitor somebody's movements
Collocations
adjective
verb + movements
change of ideas/behaviour
5 singular a slow steady change in what people in society do or think movement away from something We see a big movement away from cash.
movement towards something a movement towards greater sexual equality
progress
6 uncountable movement (in something) progress, especially in a particular task It needs cooperation from all the countries to get any movement in arms control.
change in amount
There has been no movement in oil prices.
We have no further movement to make on the offer.
music
8 countable any of the main parts that a long piece of music is divided into the slow movement of the First Concerto
Collocations
adjective
verb + movement
preposition
in a movement
in… movements
of bowels
9 (also bowel movement) countable (medical) an act of emptying waste material from the bowels; the waste material that is emptied Word Origin
late Middle English: via Old French from medieval Latin movimentum, from Latin movere ‘to move’.
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