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   movement

   /ˈmuːvm(ə)nt/

   noun

   • 1. an act of moving: "a slight movement of the body" Similar motionmovemanoeuvregesturegesticulationsignsignalactionactivity
   • ▪ an arrival or departure of an aircraft: "the Civil Aviation Authority directed 125,000 aircraft movements in 1991"
   • ▪ the activities and whereabouts of someone during a particular period of time: "your movements and telephone conversations are recorded"
   • ▪ general activity or bustle: "the scene was almost devoid of movement" Similar motionmovemanoeuvregesturegesticulationsignsignalactionactivity
   • ▪ the moving parts of a mechanism, especially a clock or watch: "we restore antique clock movements" Similar mechanismmachineryworksworkingsactionwheelsmotioninformal:innardsguts
   • 2. a change or development: "the movement towards greater sexual equality" Similar developmentchangefluctuationrisefallvariationtrendtendencydriftswingcurrentcourse
   • 3. a group of people working together to advance their shared political, social, or artistic ideas: "the labour movement" Similar political grouppartyfactionorganizationgroupingwingfrontlobbycampcoalition
   • ▪ a campaign undertaken by a political, social, or artistic movement: "a movement to declare war on poverty" Similar campaigncrusadedrivepush
   • 4. a principal division of a longer musical work, self-sufficient in terms of key, tempo, and structure: "the slow movement of his violin concerto" Similar partsectiondivisionpassage
   • 5. an act of defecation.

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

   Scrabble Points: 15

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