movement
noun
[ ˈmuːvm(ə)nt ]
• an act of moving.
• "a slight movement of the body"
• a change or development.
• "the movement towards greater sexual equality"
Similar:
development,
change,
fluctuation,
rise,
fall,
variation,
trend,
tendency,
drift,
swing,
current,
course,
• a group of people working together to advance their shared political, social, or artistic ideas.
• "the labour movement"
Similar:
political group,
party,
faction,
organization,
grouping,
wing,
front,
lobby,
camp,
coalition,
• a principal division of a longer musical work, self-sufficient in terms of key, tempo, and structure.
• "the slow movement of his violin concerto"
• an act of defecation.
Origin:
late Middle English: via Old French from medieval Latin movimentum, from Latin movere ‘to move’.
