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Grep of noun movement anti-war movement apparent movement art movement artistic movement bowel movement brownian movement civil rights movement cultural movement ecumenical movement feeling of movement feminist movement fetal movement foetal movement gay liberation movement labor movement movement nonrapid eye movement nonrapid eye movement sleep oxford movement political movement rapid eye movement rapid eye movement sleep reform movement religious movement sense of movement social movement trade union movement troop movement women's liberation movement youth movement zionist movement Overview of noun movement The noun movement has 10 senses (first 7 from tagged texts) 1. (24) motion, movement, move motility -- (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") 2. (19) movement, motion -- (a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something) 3. (16) motion, movement, move -- (the act of changing your 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") 4. (4) movement, social movement, front -- (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") 5. (4) movement -- (a major self-contained part of a symphony or sonata; "the second movement is slow and melodic") 6. (4) campaign, cause crusade, drive, movement, effort -- (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") 7. (3) apparent motion, motion, apparent movement, movement -- (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") 8. bowel movement, movement, bm -- (a euphemism for defecation; "he had a bowel movement") 9. movement -- (the driving and regulating parts of a mechanism (as of a watch or clock); "it was an expensive watch with a diamond movement") 10. movement -- (the act of changing the location of something "the movement of cargo onto the vessel") Overview of noun movement The noun movement has 10 senses (first 7 from tagged texts) 1. (24) motion, movement, move motility -- (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") 2. (19) movement, motion -- (a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something) 3. (16) motion, movement, move -- (the act of changing your 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") 4. (4) movement, social movement, front -- (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") 5. (4) movement -- (a major self-contained part of a symphony or sonata; "the second movement is slow and melodic") 6. (4) campaign, cause crusade, drive, movement, effort -- (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") 7. (3) apparent motion, motion, apparent movement, movement -- (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") 8. bowel movement, movement, bm -- (a euphemism for defecation; "he had a bowel movement") 9. movement -- (the driving and regulating parts of a mechanism (as of a watch or clock); "it was an expensive watch with a diamond movement") 10. movement -- (the act of changing the location of something "the movement of cargo onto the vessel")
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