movement

Definitions


[ˈmuːvm(ə)nt], (Noun)

Definitions:
- an act of moving
(e.g: a slight movement of the body)

- a change or development
(e.g: the movement towards greater sexual equality)

- a group of people working together to advance their shared political, social, or artistic ideas
(e.g: the labour movement)

- a principal division of a longer musical work, self-sufficient in terms of key, tempo, and structure
(e.g: the slow movement of his violin concerto)

- an act of defecation


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English: via Old French from medieval Latin movimentum, from Latin movere ‘to move’




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