1. (noun) 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. (noun) motion, movement, move
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"
3. (noun) movement, motion
a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something
4. (noun) 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. (noun) movement
a major self-contained part of a symphony or sonata
"the second movement is slow and melodic"
6. (noun) 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. (noun) 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. (noun) bowel movement, movement, bm
a euphemism for defecation
"he had a bowel movement"
9. (noun) drift, trend, 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"
10. (noun) movement
the driving and regulating parts of a mechanism (as of a watch or clock)
"it was an expensive watch with a diamond movement"
11. (noun) movement
the act of changing the location of something
"the movement of cargo onto the vessel"
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Definition of 'movement' 
