Movement | Mean of movement in English Dictionary

/ˈmuːvmənt/

• Noun
• the act or process of moving people or things from one place or position to another
1. He developed an efficient system for movement of raw materials to the factory.
2. troop movements
• the act of moving from one place or position to another
1. increased cell movement
2. studying the movements of the planets
• the act of moving your body or a part of your body
1. We wore loose clothes to allow for easier movement.
2. freedom of movement
3. the graceful movements of a dancer
4. careful and precise movements
5. muscle/hand/eye movements

• a person's actions or activities
1. The police have been keeping a careful record of his movements.
• a series of organized activities in which many people work together to do or achieve something
1. She started a movement [=campaign] for political reform.
2. There's a movement afoot to rename the town.
3. a book about the history of the civil rights movement
• the group of people who are involved in such a movement
1. They joined the antiwar/peace/feminist movement.
• a noticeable change in the way people behave or think
1. There has been a movement back to more therapeutic treatments of mental disorders in recent years.
2. There has been some movement to more therapeutic treatments.
• a noticeable change in a situation
1. There hasn't been any movement in the negotiations. [=the negotiations have not progressed]
2. There has been a movement [=tendency] toward lower prices in the housing market recently. [=prices have been going lower in the housing market recently]
• a main section of a longer piece of music
1. the first movement of the symphony
• an act of passing solid waste from the body