movement

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   The act of moving or changing position.

   I saw a sudden movement in the bushes.

2. 2
   noun

   A group of people who share the same ideas and work together for a common goal.

   She was an early member of the environmental movement.

3. 3
   noun

   A main self-contained section of a longer piece of music, such as a symphony.

   The second movement of the symphony is slow and gentle.

4. 4
   noun

   The internal parts that make a watch or clock work.

   It was an expensive watch with a precise movement.

From Middle English mevement, from Old French movement (modern French mouvement), from movoir + -ment; cf. also Medieval Latin movimentum, from Latin movere (“move”). Doublet of moment and momentum. In this sense, displaced native Old English styring, which led to Modern English stirring. Morphologically move + -ment.

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