movement


Meanings

  • a change of position that does not entail a change of location;
    • "movement is a sign of life"
  • the act of changing location from one place to another;
    • "the movement of people from the farms to the cities"
  • a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something
  • 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"
  • a major self-contained part of a symphony or sonata;
    • "the second movement is slow and melodic"
  • a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end;
    • "the movement to end slavery"
  • an optical illusion of motion produced by viewing a rapid succession of still pictures of a moving object;
    • "the succession of flashing lights gave an illusion of movement"
  • a euphemism for defecation;
    • "he had a bowel movement"
  • a general tendency to change (as of opinion);
    • "a broad movement of the electorate to the right"
  • the driving and regulating parts of a mechanism (as of a watch or clock);
    • "it was an expensive watch with a diamond movement"
  • the act of changing the location of something;
    • "the movement of cargo onto the vessel"
  • MOVEMENT n pl. -S the act of moving


Scrabble Score: 15

movement is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word

movement is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary

movement is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary


Words With Friends Score: 19

movement is a valid Words With Friends word