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move·ment
(mo͞ov′mənt)n.
1.
a. The act or an instance of moving; a change in place or position.
b. A particular manner of moving.
2. A change in the location of troops, ships, or aircraft for tactical or strategic purposes.
3.
a. A series of actions and events taking place over a period of time and working to foster a principle or policy: a movement toward world peace.
b. An organized effort by supporters of a common goal: a leader of the labor movement.
4. A tendency or trend: a movement toward larger kitchens.
5. A change in the market price of a security or commodity.
6.
a. An evacuation of the bowels.
b. The matter so evacuated.
7. The suggestion or illusion of motion in a painting, sculpture, or design.
8. The progression of events in the development of a literary plot.
9. The rhythmical or metrical structure of a poetic composition.
10. Music A self-contained section of an extended composition.
11. Linguistics In generative grammar, a transformation in which a constituent in one part of a syntactic structure is copied or displaced into a different location, creating a new structure.
12. A mechanism, such as the works of a watch, that produces or transmits motion.
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movement
(ˈmuːvmənt)n
1.
a. the act, process, or result of moving
b. an instance of moving
2. the manner of moving
3. (Sociology)
a. a group of people with a common ideology, esp a political or religious one
b. the organized action of such a group
4. a trend or tendency in a particular sphere
5. (Horology) the driving and regulating mechanism of a watch or clock
6. (often plural) a person's location and activities during a specific time
7. (Physiology)
a. the evacuation of the bowels
b. the matter evacuated
8. (Classical Music) music a principal self-contained section of a symphony, sonata, etc, usually having its own structure
9. (Music, other) tempo or pace, as in music or literature
10. (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) tempo or pace, as in music or literature
11. (Art Terms) fine arts the appearance of motion in painting, sculpture, etc
12. (Poetry) prosody the rhythmic structure of verse
13. (Military) a positional change by one or a number of military units
14. (Commerce) a change in the market price of a security or commodity
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move•ment
(ˈmuv mənt)n.
1. the act, process, or result of moving.
2. a particular manner or style of moving.
3. Usu., movements. actions or activities, as of a person or a body of persons.
4. a change of position or location of troops or ships.
5. abundance of events or incidents.
6. rapid progress of events.
7. the progress of events, as in a narrative or drama.
8. the stylistic representation of motion in a work of art.
9. a series of actions or activities directed or tending toward a particular end.
10. the course, tendency, or trend of affairs in a particular field.
11. a diffusely organized or heterogeneous group of people or organizations tending toward or favoring a generalized common goal.
12. the price change in the market of some commodity or security.
13. bowel movement.
14. the working parts or a distinct portion of the working parts of a mechanism, as of a watch.
15. Music.
a. a principal division or section of a sonata, symphony, or the like.
b. motion; rhythm; time; tempo.
16. Pros. rhythmical structure or character.
[1350–1400; Middle English < Middle French]
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Movement
See Also: ADVANCING, JUMPING, LEAPING, ROCKING AND ROLLING, RUNNING, TURNING AND TWISTING
- All her movements were soft as if timed to the sleeping of children —Ada Jack Carver
- Charged across … like a cat with a kerosened ass —Harold Adams
- Crawled like a worm —Denis Diderot
- Creep and crawl … stretching her fingers like a baby trying to climb the path —Eudora Welty
- Creeping slowly toward him. like a lizard toward a bug —E. B. White
- Crept like a man intent on crime —W. H. Auden
- Crept … like a spider on an endless thread of its own spinning —George Du Maurier
- Darted about like a hummingbird —Rita Mae Brown
- Darted like a bird about the room —John Steinbeck
- Darting about and banging together like bubbles in soda water —Joyce Cary
- Darting off this way and that, like the wax of a burning candle —Anon
- Descended the stairs like a buffalo —Joe Coomer
- Drifted north … like a saddle tramp looking for a spring roundup —James Crumley
- Floated like a weed —Mavis Gallant
- Folded herself up like a fresh-ironed shirt —Mary Hood
- Glided as though on little wheels —Jules Renard, drama critic, about actress Sarah Bernhardt
- Glide, like phantoms —John Keats
- Glides to his meeting like a lover mumbling a secret, passionate message —Wallace Stevens
- Go as if nine men pulled you and ten men held you —John Withal
- Going (home) stealthily and unsteadily … like a dissipated cat —Charles Dickens
- Groped about like blind, cautious crabs —Ralph Ellison
- He [a dog] dumped himself like a bag of bones —Robert Frost
- He moved like a spring —Eudora Welty
- He moves like a piece of darkness —Joe Coomer
- His body waved like a flame in the breeze —TV obituary describing James Cagney’s physical grace, 1986
- Hurried with legs stretched out ahead of me like a horse —David Ignatow
- I float like a butterfly, sting like a bee —Muhammed Ali
- Kicking and wriggling like a retriever pup —Walter Duranty
- Lethargically, like sloth on the move —Kenzaburo Oë
In the novel, A Personal Matter, the lethargy described is that of a man pedalling his bike.
- Like a vein of gold I darted after you —Charles Simic
- Like shoals of fish, they all headed one way —Elizabeth Taylor
- Lowered herself [from bus] cautiously, like a climber —Elizabeth Bowen
- A meandering pace that makes sweet Afton look like a white water stream —Helen Dudar, New York Times Book Review, September 21, 1986
- Moved as smoothly as light wind across water —James Crumley
- Moved by as if on a treadmill —Jonathan Kellerman See: RESTLESSNESS
- Moved downhill [a street that lay on an incline] like rainwater. Like the twentieth century —Tom Robbins
- Moved like a water bug, like a skipping stone, upon the glassy tense surface of his new life —John Updike
- Moved like benign automata —Angela Carter
- Moved passively with her head down, like a prisoner between guards —Ross Macdonald
- Moved with funny little steps, like a chicken with an egg wedged up its legs —William Kotzwinkle
- Move languidly … like a hostess in her bathrobe emptying ashtrays on Sunday morning —Alice McDermott
- Movement … quick and quiet as a fish in deep water —Gerald Kersh
- Move mindlessly, mechanically as a toy train through a Christmas tree town —Sharon Sheehe Stark
- (Waiters) moving as deft and soft-footed as shadows —George Garrett
- (Hand) moving imperceptibly like a marine plant —Marguerite Yourcenar
- Moving listlessly back and forth, like a fish in an aquarium —Jill Ciment
- Moving quick and light as a fairy —Dame Edith Sitwell
- Moving … slow and heavy as lead —Gerald Kersh
- (The sun) moving up and down … like a musical note —Saul Bellow
- Paced around … like a jaguar on the prowl —Jonathan Kellerman
- Pace … like impatient cats —Ira Wood
- Pace like Socrates before the court —Charles Johnson
- Passed like a circus —Wallace Stevens
- People moved as if groping in the dimness of the subconscious for the memory of midday warmth that lingered faintly in the skin —Kenzaburo Oe
- Prowled around like a dog that has forgotten where he put his bone —Raymond Chandler
See Also: AIMLESSNESS
- Rush sideways, like an excited crab —Jerome K. Jerome
- Scampering about like frenzied ants —Brian Burland
- Scamper like mice —Dame Edith Sitwell
- Scuttling around it like a mouse trying to find a hole —Cornell Woolrich
- Settled themselves, like chickens getting ready to roost —Christopher Isherwood
- She got up and, like a vacuum cleaner with insomnia, roamed the room —Tom Robbins
- Shied abruptly like a startled horse —Jack London
- Shuffled about [text of a book] like a melancholy sheep in a pen —Mavis Gallant
- Shuffles … around like a deck of cards —Brian Burland
- Slide like lizards —Anon
- Sliding like a shadow among them —R. V. Cassill
- The small procession moved … slow and spaced out like a funeral —Ivo Andric
- (I have seen thy waters) stealing onward, like the stream of life —Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
- Step back as though I’d stepped on a snake —Dorothy Canfield Fisher
- Steppin’ high like a rooster in deep mud —American colloquialism
- Stirred like a rustle of leaves —Maurice Edelman
Edelman’s simile is used to draw an image of whispers stirring up around the actions of the hero of his novel, Disraeli Rising.
- Stomped back to bed, trying to make my footsteps sound like angry exclamation marks —Dorothy Francis
- Straggled on back … like tongue-dragging hounds —Thomas Zigal
- Straightened up slowly, as if she were being raised —Marguerite Duras
- Swept by like a spotlight —Donald McCaig
- Tore through the black-and-gold town like a pair of scissors tearing through brocade —Katherine Mansfield
- Tottering … like a Chinese girl with bound feet —Jayne Anne Phillips
- Travels unsteadily, as fogs do —David Ignatow
- Twisted himself out like an eel —Sholom Aleichem
- Twitched her shoulders like a bird shaking off water —Laura Furman
- Wander like Alice —Karl Shapiro
- Weave like a dreamer —John Barth
- [Group of children] whirling off like autumn leaves, just as gay in their bright colors, and just as elusive —Beverly Mitchell
- Wiggled like ribbons —R. V. Cassill
- Wiggle [a tooth] like a loose picket in a fence —William Goyen
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movement
A section of a large work, especially a symphony, usually complete in itself.
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| Noun | 1. |  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"change - the action of changing something; "the change of government had no impact on the economy"; "his change on abortion cost him the election" abduction - (physiology) moving of a body part away from the central axis of the body adduction - (physiology) moving of a body part toward the central axis of the body agitation - the act of agitating something; causing it to move around (usually vigorously) body English - a motion of the body by a player as if to make an object already propelled go in the desired direction circumduction - a circular movement of a limb or eye disturbance - the act of disturbing something or someone; setting something in motion fetal movement, foetal movement - motion of a fetus within the uterus (usually detected by the 16th week of pregnancy) gesture - motion of hands or body to emphasize or help to express a thought or feeling headshake, headshaking - the act of turning your head left and right to signify denial or disbelief or bemusement; "I could tell from their headshakes that they didn't believe me" inclining, inclination - the act of inclining; bending forward; "an inclination of his head indicated his agreement" kicking, kick - a rhythmic thrusting movement of the legs as in swimming or calisthenics; "the kick must be synchronized with the arm movements"; "the swimmer's kicking left a wake behind him" pitching, lurch, pitch - abrupt up-and-down motion (as caused by a ship or other conveyance); "the pitching and tossing was quite exciting" eye movement - the movement of the eyes opening - the act of opening something; "the ray of light revealed his cautious opening of the door" prostration - the act of assuming a prostrate position reciprocation - alternating back-and-forth movement reclining - the act of assuming or maintaining a reclining position retraction - the act of pulling or holding or drawing a part back; "the retraction of the landing gear"; "retraction of the foreskin" retroflection, retroflexion - the act of bending backward rotary motion, rotation - the act of rotating as if on an axis; "the rotation of the dancer kept time with the music" sitting - the act of assuming or maintaining a seated position; "he read the mystery at one sitting" posing, sitting - (photography) the act of assuming a certain position (as for a photograph or portrait); "he wanted his portrait painted but couldn't spare time for the sitting" snap - the act of snapping the fingers; movement of a finger from the tip to the base of the thumb on the same hand; "he gave his fingers a snap" squatting, squat - the act of assuming or maintaining a crouching position with the knees bent and the buttocks near the heels sweep - a movement in an arc; "a sweep of his arm" toss - an abrupt movement; "a toss of his head" wave - a movement like that of a sudden occurrence or increase in a specified phenomenon; "a wave of settlers"; "troops advancing in waves" standing - the act of assuming or maintaining an erect upright position stroke - a single complete movement eurhythmics, eurhythmy, eurythmics, eurythmy - the interpretation in harmonious bodily movements of the rhythm of musical compositions; used to teach musical understanding |
| 2. | movement - 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" change - the action of changing something; "the change of government had no impact on the economy"; "his change on abortion cost him the election" coming, approach, approaching - the act of drawing spatially closer to something; "the hunter's approach scattered the geese" forward motion, onward motion, advancement, progress, progression, procession, advance - the act of moving forward (as toward a goal) locomotion, travel - self-propelled movement travel, traveling, travelling - the act of going from one place to another; "he enjoyed selling but he hated the travel" chase, pursual, pursuit, following - the act of pursuing in an effort to overtake or capture; "the culprit started to run and the cop took off in pursuit" descent - the act of changing your location in a downward direction return - the act of going back to a prior location; "they set out on their return to the base camp" glide, coast, slide - the act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it; "his slide didn't stop until the bottom of the hill"; "the children lined up for a coast down the snowy slope" slippage - failing to hold or slipping out of place; "the knots allowed no slippage" crawl - a very slow movement; "the traffic advanced at a crawl" displacement, translation - the act of uniform movement shifting, shift - the act of moving from one place to another; "his constant shifting disrupted the class" rush, rushing, haste, hurry - the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner; "in his haste to leave he forgot his book" maneuver, manoeuvre, play - a deliberate coordinated movement requiring dexterity and skill; "he made a great maneuver"; "the runner was out on a play by the shortstop" migration - the movement of persons from one country or locality to another | |
| 3. |  movement - a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of somethingcrustal movement, tectonic movement - movement resulting from or causing deformation of the earth's crust approaching, approach - the event of one object coming closer to another passing, passage - the motion of one object relative to another; "stellar passings can perturb the orbits of comets" deflexion, deflection - the movement of the pointer or pen of a measuring instrument from its zero position change of location, travel - a movement through space that changes the location of something undulation, wave - (physics) a movement up and down or back and forth jitter - a small irregular movement periodic motion, periodic movement - motion that recurs over and over and the period of time required for each recurrence remains the same heave - (geology) a horizontal dislocation seek - the movement of a read/write head to a specific data track on a disk cam stroke, stroke, throw - the maximum movement available to a pivoted or reciprocating piece by a cam undulation - wavelike motion; a gentle rising and falling in the manner of waves moving ridge, wave - one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water) wobble - an unsteady rocking motion whirl, commotion - confused movement; "he was caught up in a whirl of work"; "a commotion of people fought for the exits" Brownian motion, Brownian movement, pedesis - the random motion of small particles suspended in a gas or liquid | |
| 4. |  movement - 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"social group - people sharing some social relation Fighting French, Free French - a French movement during World War II that was organized in London by Charles de Gaulle to fight for the liberation of France from German control and for the restoration of the republic art movement, artistic movement - a group of artists who agree on general principles Boy Scouts - an international (but decentralized) movement started in 1908 in England with the goal of teaching good citizenship to boys Civil Rights movement - movement in the United States beginning in the 1960s and led primarily by Blacks in an effort to establish the civil rights of individual Black citizens common front - a movement in which several individuals or groups with different interests join together; "the unions presented a common front at the bargaining table" cultural movement - a group of people working together to advance certain cultural goals ecumenism, oecumenism - a movement promoting union between religions (especially between Christian churches) falun gong - a spiritual movement that began in China in the latter half of the 20th century and is based on Buddhist and Taoist teachings and practices political movement - a group of people working together to achieve a political goal reform movement - a movement intended to bring about social and humanitarian reforms religious movement - a movement intended to bring about religious reforms Zionist movement, Zionism - a movement of world Jewry that arose late in the 19th century with the aim of creating a Jewish state in Palestine | |
| 5. | movement - a major self-contained part of a symphony or sonata; "the second movement is slow and melodic" musical composition, opus, piece of music, composition, piece - a musical work that has been created; "the composition is written in four movements" intermezzo - a short movement coming between the major sections of a symphony sonata - a musical composition of 3 or 4 movements of contrasting forms scherzo - a fast movement (usually in triple time) | |
| 6. |  movement - 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"venture - any venturesome undertaking especially one with an uncertain outcome anti-war movement - a campaign against entering or continuing a war charm campaign - a campaign of flattery and friendliness (by a company, politician, etc.) to become more popular and gain support consumerism - a movement advocating greater protection of the interests of consumers campaigning, candidacy, candidature, electioneering, political campaign - the campaign of a candidate to be elected fund-raising campaign, fund-raising drive, fund-raising effort - a campaign to raise money for some cause feminist movement, women's lib, women's liberation movement, feminism - the movement aimed at equal rights for women gay lib, gay liberation movement - the movement aimed at liberating homosexuals from legal or social or economic oppression lost cause - a defeated cause or a cause for which defeat is inevitable reform - a campaign aimed to correct abuses or malpractices; "the reforms he proposed were too radical for the politicians" war - a concerted campaign to end something that is injurious; "the war on poverty"; "the war against crime" youth crusade, youth movement - political or religious or social reform movement or agitation consisting chiefly of young people | |
| 7. |  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"optical illusion - an optical phenomenon that results in a false or deceptive visual impression | |
| 8. | movement - a euphemism for defecation; "he had a bowel movement" euphemism - an inoffensive or indirect expression that is substituted for one that is considered offensive or too harsh defecation, laxation - the elimination of fecal waste through the anus | |
| 9. | movement - 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" inclination, tendency, disposition - an attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others; "he had an inclination to give up too easily"; "a tendency to be too strict" evolutionary trend - a general direction of evolutionary change gravitation - a figurative movement toward some attraction; "the gravitation of the middle class to the suburbs" | |
| 10. | movement - the driving and regulating parts of a mechanism (as of a watch or clock); "it was an expensive watch with a diamond movement" action mechanism, action - the operating part that transmits power to a mechanism; "the piano had a very stiff action" clock - a timepiece that shows the time of day | |
| 11. | movement - the act of changing the location of something; "the movement of cargo onto the vessel" change - the action of changing something; "the change of government had no impact on the economy"; "his change on abortion cost him the election" deracination, displacement - to move something from its natural environment transfer, transferral, transportation, conveyance, transport - the act of moving something from one location to another letting down, lowering - the act of causing something to move to a lower level transplanting, transplantation, transplant - the act of removing something from one location and introducing it in another location; "the transplant did not flower until the second year"; "too frequent transplanting is not good for families"; "she returned to Alabama because she could not bear transplantation" troop movement - movement of military units to a new location |
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movement
noun
1. group, party, organization, grouping, front, camp, faction a nationalist movement that's gaining strength
5. advance, progress, flow, progression the movement of the fish going up river
6. transfer, transportation, displacement the movement of people, goods and services across borders
8. development, change, shift, variation, fluctuation the meeting seems to have produced no movement on either side
9. progression, advance, progress, breakthrough the participants believed movement forward was possible
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
movement
noun2. A change in normal place or position:
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Translations
الأجْزاء المُتَحَرِّكَه من السّاعَهحَرَكَةٌحَرَكة أو جَمْعِيَّهحَرَكَه، تَحْريكفَعالِيَّه، نَشاط، حَرَكَه
движение
pohybhnutívětakrokpohybová kultura
bevægelsebevægelse: -bevægelsesatsbevægelig del
liike
pokret
elmozdulásmozgásművészettétel
gangverkhreyfinghreyfing, tilfærslaòátturtilhneiging
動き
운동
mişcare
hnutiepohybová kultúratendencia
gibanjestavek
rörelse
การเคลื่อนไหว
sự chuyển động
movement
[ˈmuːvmənt] n
(political) → mouvement m
(physical) → mouvement m
quick movements → mouvements rapides
to hear movement → entendre des bruits
He heard movement in the hut → Il entendit des bruits dans la cabane.
quick movements → mouvements rapides
to hear movement → entendre des bruits
He heard movement in the hut → Il entendit des bruits dans la cabane.
[goods, capital, people] → circulation f
(also bowel movement) → selles fpl
(= development) the movement towards sth → la progression vers qch
the movement towards democracy → la progression vers la démocratie
There was a movement towards a revival of conscription
BUT Il y a eu des tentatives pour rétablir le service militaire.
the movement towards democracy → la progression vers la démocratie
There was a movement towards a revival of conscription
BUT Il y a eu des tentatives pour rétablir le service militaire.
[symphony, concerto, sonata] → mouvement m movements
npl
[suspect, person under surveillance] → faits et gestes mpl
his movements on 1 July last year → ses faits et gestes le premier juillet de l'année dernière
to monitor sb's movements (person under surveillance) → surveiller les faits et gestes de qn
his movements on 1 July last year → ses faits et gestes le premier juillet de l'année dernière
to monitor sb's movements (person under surveillance) → surveiller les faits et gestes de qn
to monitor the movements of sb/sth [people, animals being studied] → suivre les déplacements de qn/qch
They monitor the movement of the fish going up river → Ils suivent les déplacements des poissons qui remontent la rivière.
They monitor the movement of the fish going up river → Ils suivent les déplacements des poissons qui remontent la rivière.
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
movement
n
(= motion) → Bewegung f; (of troops etc) → Truppenbewegung f; (fig) (= trend) → Trend m → (towards zu); (of events) → Entwicklung f; (of prices/rates) → Preis-/Kursbewegung f; a slight downward/upward movement → eine leichte Abwärts-/Aufwärtsbewegung; the movement of traffic → der Verkehrsfluss; movement (of the bowels) (Med) → Stuhlgang m; there was a movement toward(s) the door → alles drängte zur Tür; a marked movement to the right → ein merklicher or deutlicher Rechtsruck; the flowing movement of the piece (Mus) → der fließende Rhythmus des Stückes; the free movement of capital and goods → der freie Kapital- und Warenverkehr
(= political, artistic etc movement) → Bewegung f
(= transport: of goods etc) → Beförderung f
(Mus) → Satz m
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
movement
[ˈmuːvmənt] n (gen) → movimento; (gesture) → gesto; (of stars, water, physical) → motomovement (of the bowels) (Med) → evacuazione f (intestinale)
the police questioned him about his movements → la polizia lo ha interrogato circa i suoi spostamenti
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
move
(muːv) verb1. to (cause to) change position or go from one place to another. He moved his arm; Don't move!; Please move your car.
2. to change houses. We're moving on Saturday.
3. to affect the feelings or emotions of. I was deeply moved by the film.
noun1. (in board games) an act of moving a piece. You can win this game in three moves.
2. an act of changing homes. How did your move go?
ˈmovable, ˈmoveable adjectiveˈmovement noun
1. (an act of) changing position or going from one point to another. The animal turned sideways with a swift movement.
2. activity. In this play there is a lot of discussion but not much movement.
3. the art of moving gracefully or expressively. She teaches movement and drama.
4. an organization or association. the Scout movement.
5. the moving parts of a watch, clock etc.
6. a section of a large-scale piece of music. the third movement of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony.
7. a general tendency towards a habit, point of view etc. There's a movement towards simple designs in clothing these days.
movie (-vi) noun (especially American).
1. a cinema film. a horror movie.
2. (in plural. with the) the cinema and films in general: to go to the movies.
ˈmoving adjective having an effect on the emotions etc. a very moving speech.
ˈmovingly adverbget a move on
to hurry or move quickly. Get a move on, or you'll be late!
make a move1. to move at all. If you make a move, I'll shoot you!
2. (with for or towards) to move (in the direction of). He made a move for the door.
move along to keep moving, not staying in one place. The police told the crowd to move along.
move heaven and earth to do everything that one possibly can.
move house to change one's home or place of residence. They're moving house next week.
move in to go into and occupy a house etc. We can move in on Saturday.
move off (of vehicles etc) to begin moving away. The bus moved off just as I got to the bus stop.
move out to leave, cease to live in, a house etc. She has to move out before the new owners arrive.
move up to move in any given direction so as to make more space. Move up and let me sit down, please.
on the move1. moving from place to place. With his kind of job, he's always on the move.
2. advancing. The frontiers of scientific knowledge are always on the move.
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movement
→ حَرَكَةٌ pohyb bevægelse Bewegung κίνημα movimiento liike mouvement pokret movimento 動き 운동 beweging bevegelse ruch movimento движение rörelse การเคลื่อนไหว hareket sự chuyển động 运动Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
move·ment
n. movimiento, moción, acción, maniobra; [of the intestines] evacuación, defecación.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
movement
n movimiento; bowel — V. bowel; rapid eye — (REM) movimientos oculares rápidos (MOR)English-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.