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movement (iou)



movement noun. LME.
[Old French (mod. mouvement) from medieval Latin movimentum, from Latin movere MOVE verb: see -MENT.]
The action or process of moving; change of place, position, or posture; passage from one place or situation to another; activity. Also, an instance or kind of this; a particular act or manner of moving. LME.
T. H. Huxley Movements of the land..brought about by the comparatively sudden action of subterranean forces. G. Vidal He bowed without movement: he suggested a bow without actually executing it. M. Hughes The only movement was the flickering of the fire. A. Aronson Delilah..cutting off his hair with quick, nervous movements. Lancet Specimens were collected immediately after a bowel movement.
b. spec. A change of position of a military force, esp. a change in the disposition of troops etc. for reasons of tactics or strategy. L18.
pincer movement etc.
c. In pl. The actions or activities and whereabouts of a person or body of people. M19.
d. The conveying of cattle from one district to another, esp. as prohibited or restricted during an epidemic of cattle disease. M19.
e. The departure or arrival of an aircraft, public transport vehicle, etc. M20.
A mental impulse, an act of will. Now rare. LME.
The moving (as distinguished from the stationary) parts of a mechanism, esp. of a watch or clock; a particular part or group of parts in a mechanism serving some special purpose. L17.
a. The impression of motion in a work of art; harmonious variety in the lines and ornamentation of a building. L18.
b. Progression of incidents or development of plot in a poem or narrative; the literary quality of giving a sense of progression through abundance of incident etc. or of carrying the interest of a reader through the course of a work. M19.
a. The manner of transition from note to note or passage to passage in a piece of music; the manner of melodic progression, tempo; rhythmical or accentual character in music or prosody. L18.
b. A principal division of a longer musical work having a distinctive structure of its own and usu. ending with the players ceasing to play. L18.
Musical Quarterly The second movement of Beethoven's Piano Sonata, op. 14, no. 2.
a. A course or series of actions and endeavours on the part of a body of people towards some special end; a body engaged in such a course. Freq. with specifying word. E19.
the Labour movement, the Oxford Movement, etc.
Rosemary Manning Two of the most fruitful movements of this century..: the anti-nuclear movement and feminism.
b. The way in which events or conditions are moving at a particular time or in a particular sphere; a tendency, a trend. M19.
M. Esslin The Theatre of the Absurd is thus part of the 'anti-literary' movement of our time.
Commerce. Activity in the market for some commodity; a rise or fall in price. L19.
A motion of the bowels. L19.
Phrases: in the movement in the direction or according to the tendency prevalent at a particular period or in a particular sphere. the Movement (the characteristics of) a group of English poets in the nineteen-fifties.
? Rare before 18: not in Shakes., AV, or Milton's poetry.